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author | Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org> | 2008-10-21 14:51:13 +0200 |
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committer | Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org> | 2008-10-21 14:51:13 +0200 |
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Merge branch 'master' of ssh://git.samba.org/data/git/samba into regsrv
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diff --git a/source4/pidl/README b/source4/pidl/README deleted file mode 100644 index d678387282..0000000000 --- a/source4/pidl/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,64 +0,0 @@ -Introduction: -============= -This directory contains the source code of the pidl (Perl IDL) -compiler for Samba 4. - -The main sources for pidl are available by Subversion on -svn://svnanon.samba.org/samba/branches/SAMBA_4_0/source/pidl - -Pidl works by building a parse tree from a .pidl file (a simple -dump of it's internal parse tree) or a .idl file -(a file format mostly like the IDL file format midl uses). -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. - -Then run "make install" (as root) to install. - -Internals overview: -=================== - --- 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::NDR - Generates intermediate datastructures for use by NDR parses/generators -Parse::Pidl::ODL - Generates IDL structures from ODL structures for use in the NDR parser generator -Parse::Pidl::Test - Utility functions for use in pidl's testsuite - --- Samba NDR -- -Parse::Pidl::Samba4::NDR::Client - Generates client call functions in C using the NDR parser -Parse::Pidl::Samba4::SWIG - Generates SWIG interface files (.i) -Parse::Pidl::Samba4::NDR::Parser - Generates pull/push functions for parsing NDR -Parse::Pidl::Samba4::NDR::Server - Generates server side implementation in C -Parse::Pidl::Samba4::TDR - Parser generator for the "Trivial Data Representation" -Parse::Pidl::Samba4::Template - Generates stubs in C for server implementation -Parse::Pidl::Samba4::EJS - Generates bindings for Embedded JavaScript (EJS) -Parse::Pidl::Samba4::Python - Generates bindings for Python - --- Samba COM / DCOM -- -Parse::Pidl::Samba4::COM::Proxy - Generates proxy object for DCOM (client-side) -Parse::Pidl::Samba4::COM::Stub - Generates stub call handler for DCOM (server-side) -Parse::Pidl::Samba4::COM::Header - Generates headers for COM - --- Wireshark -- -Parse::Pidl::Wireshark::NDR - Generates a parser for the Wireshark network sniffer -Parse::Pidl::Wireshark::Conformance - Reads conformance files containing additional data for generating Wireshark parsers - --- Utility modules -- -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. - - The various backends have a lot in common, if you don't understand how one - 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 |