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diff --git a/pidl/README b/pidl/README index 7c8ecd1f8ba..240a07a96ef 100644 --- a/pidl/README +++ b/pidl/README @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ This directory contains the source code of the pidl (Perl IDL) compiler for Samba 4. The main sources for pidl are available using Git as part of -the combined Samba 3 / Samba 4 tree. Use: +the Samba source tree. Use: git clone git://git.samba.org/samba.git Pidl works by building a parse tree from a .pidl file (a simple @@ -13,10 +13,6 @@ dump of it's internal parse tree) or a .idl file The IDL file parser is in idl.yp (a yacc file converted to perl code by yapp) -After a parse tree is present, pidl will call one of it's backends -(which one depends on the options given on the command-line). Here is -a list of current backends: - Standalone installation: ======================== Run Makefile.PL to generate the Makefile. @@ -26,6 +22,10 @@ Then run "make install" (as root) to install. Internals overview: =================== +After a parse tree is present, pidl will call one of it's backends +(which one depends on the options given on the command-line). Here is +a list of current backends: + -- Generic -- Parse::Pidl::Dump - Converts the parse tree back to an IDL file Parse::Pidl::Samba4::Header - Generates header file with data structures defined in IDL file @@ -55,9 +55,10 @@ Parse::Pidl::Util - Misc utility functions used by *.pm and pidl.pl Parse::Pidl::Typelist - Utility functions for keeping track of known types and their representation in C Tips for hacking on pidl: - - Look at the pidl's parse tree by using the --keep option and looking - at the generated .pidl file. + - Inspect pidl's parse tree by using the --keep option and looking at the + generated .pidl file. - The various backends have a lot in common, if you don't understand how one - implements something, look at the others + implements something, look at the others. - See pidl(1) and the documentation on midl - See 'info bison' and yapp(1) for information on the file format of idl.yp + - Run the tests (all in tests/) |