NAME
Parrot::PackFile
SYNOPSIS
use Parrot::PackFile;DESCRIPTION
This package contains all the functions required to process a Parrot bytecode file. It is not intended to understand the contents of the bytecode file's segments, but merely to dissect and reconstruct data from the various segments. See parrotbyte for information about the structure of the frozen bycode.
byte_code =head2 byte_code CODE
Get or set the byte code.
const_table
Get the constant table, and instance of the Parrot::PackFile::ConstTable class.
fixup_table
Get the fixup table, and instance of the Parrot::PackFile::FixupTable class.
magic
Get the magic number.
new
Make a new instance.
pack
Pack the contents to a string.
pack_file FILENAME
Pack the contents to a string and write it to the named file.
pack_filehandle FILEHANDLE
Pack the contents to a string and write it to the filehandle.
unpack STRING
Unpack the contents from the string.
unpack_file FILENAME
Unpack the contents from the named file.
unpack_filehandle FILEHANDLE
Unpack the contents from the filehandle.
AUTHOR
Gregor N. Purdy <gregor@focusresearch.com>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2001 Gregor N. Purdy. All rights reserved.
LICENSE
This program is free software. It is subject to the same license as Perl itself.