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pbc_dump(1)

Dump or convert Parrot bytecode (PBC) files

NAME

pbc_dump - Dump or convert Parrot bytecode (PBC) files

SYNOPSIS

 pbc_dump [-tdh] [--terse|--disassemble|--header-only] file.pbc
 pbc_dump -o converted.pbc file.pbc

DESCRIPTION

A program to dump pack files to human readable form.

Command-Line Options

"-d"

Disassemble bytecode segments.

"-h"

Dump the bytecode header only.

"-t"

Terse output.

"-o converted.pbc"

Repacks a PBC file into the platform's native binary format for better efficiency on reading non-native PBCs.

Functions

"static void const_dump(PARROT_INTERP, const PackFile_Segment *segp)"

Dump the constant table.

"static void disas_dump(PARROT_INTERP, const PackFile_Segment *self)"

Disassemble and dump.

"static void nums_dump(PARROT_INTERP, const PackFile_Segment *self)"

Disassembles and dumps op names and line numbers only.

"static void null_dump(PARROT_INTERP, const PackFile_Segment *self)"

Produces no output for the given segment type.

"static void null_dir_dump(PARROT_INTERP, const PackFile_Segment *self)"

Dumps all of the segments of the given PackFile_Directory, but produces no output for the directory itself.

"static void PackFile_header_dump(PARROT_INTERP, const PackFile *pf)"

Dump the header.

"static void help(void)"

Print out the user help info.

"int main(int argc, const char **argv)"

The run loop. Process the command-line arguments and dump accordingly.

SEE ALSO

src/packdump.c.

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