NAME

parrot_nci_thunk_gen - Create Parrot NCI thunks

SYNOPSIS

parrot_nci_thunk_gen [option] -o output_c_file.c < input_signature_list.nci

DESCRIPTION

This utility creates C file of routines suitable for use as Parrot Native Call Interface thunks.

Command line Options

To print help message and exit use :

--help

To print version number of this utility use :

--version

Not to complain about duplicated signatures (default is to warn) use :

-f
--no-warn-dups

To output a thunk file suitable for inclusion in Parrot core (default is no) use :

--core

To use default values for loader-name, loader-storage-class, and target suitable for use in Parrot dyntex library use :

--dyntex    

To specify output file use :

-o
--output <file>

To select what to output (valid operation are 'head', 'thunks', 'loader', 'loader-dyntex', 'coda', 'all', 'all-dyntex', 'names' and 'signatures') (default is 'all') use :

--target <target>

To set storage class used for the thunks (default value is static) use :

--thunk-storage-class <storage class>

To set the prototype used for the thunk function names.Must be a printf format with arity 1 (default value is 'pcf_%s') use :

--thunk-name-proto <printf prototype>

To set the storage class used for the loader funtion (default value is none) use :

--loader-storage-class

To set the name used for the leader function (default value is 'Parrot_load_nci_thunks') use :

--loader-name

HELP

For more help or any other question you go to http://parrot.org or http://github.com/parrot/parrot.Or you can send email to 'parrot-dev@parrot.org'. You are also invited to join the #parrot IRC channel on irc.parrot.org.

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