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tools/build/pmc2c.pl

NAME

tools/build/pmc2c.pl - PMC definition to C compiler

SYNOPSIS

Create src/pmc/foo.dump:

    % perl tools/build/pmc2c.pl --dump src/pmc/foo.pmc ...

Create vtable.dump:

    % perl tools/build/pmc2c.pl --vtable

Create src/pmc/foo.c and pmc_foo.h from src/pmc/foo.dump:

    % perl tools/build/pmc2c.pl -c src/pmc/foo.pmc ...

Print a class tree for the specified PMCs:

    % perl tools/build/pmc2c.pl --tree src/pmc/*.pmc

Create fooX.c and pmc_fooX.h from fooX.dump files, also create libfoo.c containing the initialization function for all fooX PMCs.

    % perl tools/build/pmc2c.pl --library libfoo -c \
           src/pmc/foo1.pmc src/pmc/foo2.pmc ...

The job of the PMC compiler is to take .pmc files and create C files that can be compiled for use with the Parrot interpreter.

--no-lines: Omit source line info
--include=/path/to/pmc: Specify include path where to find PMCs.
--library=libname: Specify the library name. This will create <libname>.c and pmc_<libname>.h. The initialization function will be named after libname and will initialize all PMCs in the library.