NAME

Parrot::Pmc2c - PMC to C Code Generation

SYNOPSIS

use Parrot::Pmc2c;

DESCRIPTION

Parrot::Pmc2c is used by tools/build/pmc2c.pl to generate C code from PMC files.

Functions

generate_body($pmc)

Generate and emit the C code for the method body.

decl($classname, $method, $for_header)

Returns the C code for the PMC method declaration. $for_header indicates whether the code is for a header or implementation file.

proto($type,$parameters)

Determines the prototype (argument signature) for a method body (see src/call_list).

rewrite_nci_method($self, $pmc )

Rewrites the method body performing the various macro substitutions for nci method bodies (see tools/build/pmc2c.pl).

rewrite_vtable_method($self, $pmc, $super, $super_table)

Rewrites the method body performing the various macro substitutions for vtable method bodies (see tools/build/pmc2c.pl).

full_arguments($args)

Prepends INTERP, SELF to $args.