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- package O;
-
- our $VERSION = '1.00';
-
- use B qw(minus_c save_BEGINs);
- use Carp;
-
- sub import {
- my ($class, @options) = @_;
- my ($quiet, $veryquiet) = (0, 0);
- if ($options[0] eq '-q' || $options[0] eq '-qq') {
- $quiet = 1;
- open (SAVEOUT, ">&STDOUT");
- close STDOUT;
- open (STDOUT, ">", \$O::BEGIN_output);
- if ($options[0] eq '-qq') {
- $veryquiet = 1;
- }
- shift @options;
- }
- my $backend = shift (@options);
- eval q[
- BEGIN {
- minus_c;
- save_BEGINs;
- }
-
- CHECK {
- if ($quiet) {
- close STDOUT;
- open (STDOUT, ">&SAVEOUT");
- close SAVEOUT;
- }
-
- # Note: if you change the code after this 'use', please
- # change the fudge factors in B::Concise (grep for
- # "fragile kludge") so that its output still looks
- # nice. Thanks. --smcc
- use B::].$backend.q[ ();
- if ($@) {
- croak "use of backend $backend failed: $@";
- }
-
-
- my $compilesub = &{"B::${backend}::compile"}(@options);
- if (ref($compilesub) ne "CODE") {
- die $compilesub;
- }
-
- local $savebackslash = $\;
- local ($\,$",$,) = (undef,' ','');
- &$compilesub();
-
- close STDERR if $veryquiet;
- }
- ];
- die $@ if $@;
- }
-
- 1;
-
- __END__
-
- =head1 NAME
-
- O - Generic interface to Perl Compiler backends
-
- =head1 SYNOPSIS
-
- perl -MO=[-q,]Backend[,OPTIONS] foo.pl
-
- =head1 DESCRIPTION
-
- This is the module that is used as a frontend to the Perl Compiler.
-
- If you pass the C<-q> option to the module, then the STDOUT
- filehandle will be redirected into the variable C<$O::BEGIN_output>
- during compilation. This has the effect that any output printed
- to STDOUT by BEGIN blocks or use'd modules will be stored in this
- variable rather than printed. It's useful with those backends which
- produce output themselves (C<Deparse>, C<Concise> etc), so that
- their output is not confused with that generated by the code
- being compiled.
-
- The C<-qq> option behaves like C<-q>, except that it also closes
- STDERR after deparsing has finished. This suppresses the "Syntax OK"
- message normally produced by perl.
-
- =head1 CONVENTIONS
-
- Most compiler backends use the following conventions: OPTIONS
- consists of a comma-separated list of words (no white-space).
- The C<-v> option usually puts the backend into verbose mode.
- The C<-ofile> option generates output to B<file> instead of
- stdout. The C<-D> option followed by various letters turns on
- various internal debugging flags. See the documentation for the
- desired backend (named C<B::Backend> for the example above) to
- find out about that backend.
-
- =head1 IMPLEMENTATION
-
- This section is only necessary for those who want to write a
- compiler backend module that can be used via this module.
-
- The command-line mentioned in the SYNOPSIS section corresponds to
- the Perl code
-
- use O ("Backend", OPTIONS);
-
- The C<import> function which that calls loads in the appropriate
- C<B::Backend> module and calls the C<compile> function in that
- package, passing it OPTIONS. That function is expected to return
- a sub reference which we'll call CALLBACK. Next, the "compile-only"
- flag is switched on (equivalent to the command-line option C<-c>)
- and a CHECK block is registered which calls CALLBACK. Thus the main
- Perl program mentioned on the command-line is read in, parsed and
- compiled into internal syntax tree form. Since the C<-c> flag is
- set, the program does not start running (excepting BEGIN blocks of
- course) but the CALLBACK function registered by the compiler
- backend is called.
-
- In summary, a compiler backend module should be called "B::Foo"
- for some foo and live in the appropriate directory for that name.
- It should define a function called C<compile>. When the user types
-
- perl -MO=Foo,OPTIONS foo.pl
-
- that function is called and is passed those OPTIONS (split on
- commas). It should return a sub ref to the main compilation function.
- After the user's program is loaded and parsed, that returned sub ref
- is invoked which can then go ahead and do the compilation, usually by
- making use of the C<B> module's functionality.
-
- =head1 BUGS
-
- The C<-q> and C<-qq> options don't work correctly if perl isn't
- compiled with PerlIO support : STDOUT will be closed instead of being
- redirected to C<$O::BEGIN_output>.
-
- =head1 AUTHOR
-
- Malcolm Beattie, C<mbeattie@sable.ox.ac.uk>
-
- =cut
-