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.
"-D" C--debug> 1-7
Display detailed packfile reader debugging information if
include/parrot/packfile.h enables TRACE_PACKFILE.
1 print general debug info
2 print alignment info
4 print values
"-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 fixup_dump(PARROT_INTERP, const PackFile_Segment *segp)"
Dump the fixup 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, 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.