KC(1) General Commands Manual KC(1)NAME
kc - generate C code from Kimwitu input
SYNOPSIS
kc [ file.k ... ]
kc --version
DESCRIPTION
kc reads the abstract syntax definition, function definitions, rewrite rules and unparse rules from the files given on the command line, or
from the standard input if no file arguments were given, and generates for each file.k input file a pair of file.c and a file.h files that
contain the translation of the functions defined in the corresponding file.k, in addition to the files that are always generated:
csgiok.[ch], rk.[ch] and unpk.[ch] files, that contain respectively the CSGIO-, the rewrite- and the unparse-functions, and the k.c and k.h
files that contain the grammar tables and the remaining `default' functions. If no command line file arguments are given, the translation
of the user-defined functions will be generated in stdin.[ch] files.
kc does not unnecessarily overwrite a file: if a file would be overwritten with its own (identical) contents, it will not be touched. This
makes it easy to write an efficient Makefile.
OPTIONS --version print the version number of kc and exit (this option is not available in kc versions older than V3_9P3)
GENERATED FILES
k.[ch] the grammar and default functions
rk.[ch] the rewrite view declarations and rewrite functions
csgiok.[ch] the CSGIO functions
unpk.[ch] the unparse view declarations and unparsing functions
file.[ch] translation of user-provided Kimwitu functions.
stdin.[ch] translation of user-provided Kimwitu functions if no command line file arguments were given.
DIAGNOSTICS
If an error is encountered in the Kimwitu input, an apropriate error message will be written on standard error, code generation will be
suppressed and a non-zero exit value will be returned. The error messages should be self-explanatory.
AUTHOR
Axel Belinfante, University of Twente, the Netherlands.
CONTACT
By Email: <kimwitu@cs.utwente.nl>
VERSION
This manual page documents kc V3_* and newer.
May 13, 1996 KC(1)
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CPROTO(1) General Commands Manual CPROTO(1)NAME
cproto - generate C function prototypes and convert function definitions
SYNOPSIS
cproto [ option ... ] [ file ... ]
DESCRIPTION
Cproto generates function prototypes for functions defined in the specified C source files to the standard output. The function defini-
tions may be in the old style or ANSI C style. Optionally, cproto also outputs declarations for variables defined in the files. If no
file argument is given, cproto reads its input from the standard input.
By giving a command line option, cproto will also convert function definitions in the specified files from the old style to the ANSI C
style. The original source files along with files specified by
#include "file"
directives appearing in the source code will be overwritten with the converted code. If no file names are given on the command line, then
the program reads the source code from the standard input and outputs the converted source to the standard output.
If any comments appear in the parameter declarations for a function definition, such as in the example,
main (argc, argv)
int argc; /* number of arguments */
char *argv[]; /* arguments */
{
}
then the converted function definition will have the form
int
main (
int argc, /* number of arguments */
char *argv[] /* arguments */
)
{
}
Otherwise, the converted function definition will look like
int
main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
}
Cproto can optionally convert function definitions from the ANSI style to the old style. In this mode, the program also converts function
declarators and prototypes that appear outside function bodies. This is not a complete ANSI C to old C conversion. The program does not
change anything within function bodies.
Cproto can optionally generate source in lint-library format. This is useful in environments where the lint utility is used to supplement
prototype checking of your program.
OPTIONS -e Output the keyword extern in front of every generated prototype or declaration that has global scope.
-f n Set the style of generated function prototypes where n is a number from 0 to 3. For example, consider the function definition
main (argc, argv)
int argc;
char *argv[];
{
}
If the value is 0, then no prototypes are generated. When set to 1, the output is:
int main(/*int argc, char *argv[]*/);
For a value of 2, the output has the form:
int main(int /*argc*/, char */*argv*/[]);
The default value is 3. It produces the full function prototype:
int main(int argc, char *argv[]);
-l Generate text for a lint-library (overrides the "-f" option). The output includes the comment
/* LINTLIBRARY */
Special comments LINT_EXTERN and LINT_PREPRO (a la "VARARGS") respectively turn on the "-x" option and copy comment-text to the out-
put (for preprocessing in lint). Use the comment
/* LINT_EXTERN2 */
to include externs defined in the first level of include-files. Use the comment
/* LINT_SHADOWED */
to cause cproto to put "#undef" directives before each lint library declaration (i.e., to avoid conflicts with macros that happen to
have to have the same name as the functions, thus causing syntax errors).
Note that these special comments are not supported under VAX/VMS, since there is no equivalent for the "-C" option of cpp with VAX-C.
-c The parameter comments in the prototypes generated by the -f1 and -f2 options are omitted by default. Use this option to enable the
output of these comments.
-m Put a macro around the parameter list of every generated prototype. For example:
int main P_((int argc, char *argv[]));
-M name
Set the name of the macro used to surround prototype parameter lists when option -m is selected. The default is "P_".
-d Omit the definition of the prototype macro used by the -m option.
-o file
Specify the name of the output file (default: standard output).
-O file
Specify the name of the error file (default: standard error).
-p Disable promotion of formal parameters in old style function definitions. By default, parameters of type char or short in old style
function definitions are promoted to type int in the function prototype or converted ANSI C function definition. Parameters of type
float get promoted to double as well.
-q Do not output any error messages when the program cannot read the file specified in an #include directive.
-s By default, cproto only generates declarations for functions and variables having global scope. This option will output static dec-
larations as well.
-S Output only static declarations.
-T Copy type definitions from each file. (Definitions in included-files are copied, unlike the "-l" option).
-v Also output declarations for variables defined in the source.
-x This option causes procedures and variables which are declared "extern" to be included in the output.
-a Convert function definitions from the old style to the ANSI C style.
-t Convert function definitions from the ANSI C style to the traditional style.
-b Rewrite function definition heads to include both old style and new style declarations separated by a conditional compilation direc-
tive. For example, the program can generate this function definition:
#ifdef ANSI_FUNC
int
main (int argc, char *argv[])
#else
int
main (argc, argv)
int argc;
char *argv[]
#endif
{
}
-B directive
Set the conditional compilation directive to output at the beginning of function definitions generated by the -b option. The
default is
#ifdef ANSI_FUNC
-P template
-F template
-C template
Set the output format for generated prototypes, function definitions, and function definitions with parameter comments respectively.
The format is specified by a template in the form
" int f ( a, b )"
but you may replace each space in this string with any number of whitespace characters. For example, the option
-F"int f(
a,
b
)"
will produce
int main(
int argc,
char *argv[]
)
-D name[=value]
This option is passed through to the preprocessor and is used to define symbols for use with conditionals such as #ifdef.
-U name
This option is passed through to the preprocessor and is used to remove any definitions of this symbol.
-I directory
This option is passed through to the preprocessor and is used to specify a directory to search for files that are referenced with
#include.
-E cpp Pipe the input files through the specified C preprocessor command when generating prototypes. By default, the program uses
/lib/cpp.
-E 0 Do not run the C preprocessor.
-V Print version information.
ENVIRONMENT
The environment variable CPROTO is scanned for a list of options in the same format as the command line options. Options given on the com-
mand line override any corresponding environment option.
BUGS
If an un-tagged struct, union or enum declaration appears in a generated function prototype or converted function definition, the content
of the declaration between the braces is empty.
The program does not pipe the source files through the C preprocessor when it is converting function definitions. Instead, it tries to
handle preprocessor directives and macros itself and can be confused by tricky macro expansions. The conversion also discards some com-
ments in the function definition head.
The -v option does not generate declarations for variables defined with the extern specifier. This doesn't strictly conform to the C lan-
guage standard but this rule was implemented because include files commonly declare variables this way.
When the program encounters an error, it usually outputs the not very descriptive message "syntax error". (Your configuration may allow
the extended error reporting in yyerror.c).
Options that take string arguments only interpret the following character escape sequences:
newline
s space
tab
VARARGS comments don't get passed through on systems whose C preprocessors don't support this (e.g., VAX/VMS, MS-DOS).
AUTHOR
Chin Huang
cthuang@vex.net
cthuang@interlog.com
Thomas Dickey
dickey@clark.net
modifications to support lint library, type-copying, and port to VAX/VMS.
SEE ALSO cc(1), cpp(1)
January 1998 CPROTO(1)