NAME

Parrot::Vtable - Functions for manipulating vtables

SYNOPSIS

    use Parrot::Vtable;

Parrot::Vtable provides a collection of functions for manipulating PMC vtables. It is used by tools/build/jit2c.pl, tools/build/pmc2c.pl, tools/build/vtable_h.pl, tools/dev/gen_class.pl.

The following functions are exported:

parse_vtable($file): Returns a reference to an array containing; for each vtable method defined in $file. If $file is unspecified it defaults to src/vtable.tbl. If it is not an MMD method, MMD_type is -1.
vtbl_defs($vtable): Returns the C typedef definitions for the elements in the referenced vtable array.
vtbl_struct($vtable): Returns the C struct definitions for the elements in the referenced vtable array.
vtbl_macros($vtable): Returns the C #define definitions for the elements in the referenced vtable array.
vtbl_embed($vtable): Returns the C function definitions to call the vtable methods on a PMC for the elements in the referenced vtable array.

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