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+This directory contains the source code of the pidl (Perl IDL) 
+compiler. 
+
+pidl is the main file of 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:
+
+-- Generic --
+Parse::Pidl::Dump - Converts the parse tree back to an IDL file
+Parse::Pidl::Samba::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
+
+-- Samba NDR --
+Parse::Pidl::Samba::NDR::Client - Generates client call functions in C using the NDR parser
+Parse::Pidl::Samba::SWIG - Generates SWIG interface files (.i)
+Parse::Pidl::Samba::NDR::Header - Generates a header file with NDR-parser specific data
+Parse::Pidl::Samba::NDR::Parser - Generates pull/push functions for parsing NDR
+Parse::Pidl::Samba::NDR::Server - Generates server side implementation in C
+Parse::Pidl::Samba::Template - Generates stubs in C for server implementation
+Parse::Pidl::Samba::EJS - Generates bindings for Embedded JavaScript (EJS)
+Parse::Pidl::Samba::EJSHeader - Generates headers for the EJS bindings
+
+-- Samba COM / DCOM --
+Parse::Pidl::Samba::COM::Proxy - Generates proxy object for DCOM (client-side)
+Parse::Pidl::Samba::COM::Stub - Generates stub call handler for DCOM (server-side)
+Parse::Pidl::Samba::COM::Header - Generates header file for COM interface(s)
+
+-- Ethereal --
+Parse::Pidl::Ethereal::NDR - Generates a parser for the ethereal network sniffer
+Parse::Pidl::Ethereal::Conformance - Reads conformance files containing additional data for generating Ethereal 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