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
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:
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Run Makefile.PL to generate the Makefile.
Internals overview:
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+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
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/)