NAME

Parrot::Vtable - Functions for manipulating vtables

SYNOPSIS

use Parrot::Vtable;

DESCRIPTION

Parrot::Vtable provides a collection of functions for manipulating PMC vtables. It is used by tools/build/jit2c.pl, tools/build/pmc2c.pl, tools/build/vtable_h.pl, tools/dev/gen_class.pl, and src/pmc/null.pl.

Functions

The following functions are exported:

parse_vtable($file)

Returns a reference to an array containing

[ return_type method_name parameters section MMD_type attributes ]

for each vtable method defined in $file. If $file is unspecified it defaults to src/vtable.tbl. If it is not an MMD method, MMD_type is -1.

vtbl_defs($vtable)

Returns the C typedef definitions for the elements in the referenced vtable array.

vtbl_struct($vtable)

Returns the C struct definitions for the elements in the referenced vtable array.

vtbl_macros($vtable)

Returns the C #define definitions for the elements in the referenced vtable array.

vtbl_embed($vtable)

Returns the C function definitions to call the vtable methods on a PMC for the elements in the referenced vtable array.

%s %s(%s)

SEE ALSO

tools/build/jit2c.pl

tools/build/pmc2c.pl

tools/build/vtable_h.pl

tools/dev/gen_class.pl

src/pmc/null.pl