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author | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 2001-11-09 21:45:55 (GMT) |
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committer | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 2001-11-09 21:45:55 (GMT) |
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No need to have documentation for a module which not accepted in the library.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libcompilerlike.tex b/Doc/lib/libcompilerlike.tex deleted file mode 100644 index 773e8b4..0000000 --- a/Doc/lib/libcompilerlike.tex +++ /dev/null @@ -1,87 +0,0 @@ -\section{\module{compilerlike} --- - framework code for building compiler-like programs.} - -\declaremodule{standard}{set} -\modulesynopsis{Framework code for building compiler-like programs.} -\moduleauthor{Eric S. Raymond}{esr@thyrsus.com} -\sectionauthor{Eric S. Raymond}{esr@thyrsus.com} - -There is a common `compiler-like' pattern in Unix scripts which is useful -for translation utilities of all sorts. A program following this pattern -behaves as a filter when no argument files are specified on the command -line, but otherwise transforms each file individually into a corresponding -output file. - -The \function{filefilter}, \function{linefilter}, and -\function{sponge} functions in this module provide a framework and -glue code to make such programs easy to write. You supply a function -to massage the file data; depending on which entry point you use, it -can take input and output file pointers, or it can take a string -consisting of the entire file's data and return a replacement, or it -can take in succession strings consisting of each of the file's lines -and return a translated line for each. - -All three of these entry points take a name, an argument list of files, -a data transformation function, and a name transformation function. -They differ only in the arguments they pass to the transformation -function when it is called. - -The name argument is not used by the functions in this module, it is -simply passed as the first argument to the transformation function. -Typically it is a string that names the filter and is used in -generating error messages, but it could be arbitrary data. - -The second argument is interpreted as a list of filenames. The files -are transformed in left to right order in the list. A filename -consisting of a dash is interpreted as a directive to read from -standard input (this can be useful in pipelines). - -The third argument is the data transformation function. -Interpretation of this argument varies across the three -entry points and is described below. - -The fourth, optional argument is a name transformation function or -name suffix string. If it is of string type, the shortest suffix of each -filename beginning with the first character of the argument string -is stripped off. If the first character of the argument does not -occur in the filename, no suffix is removed. Then the name suffix -argument is concatenated to the end of the stripped filename. (Thus, -a name suffix argument of ".x" will cause the filenames foo.c and -bar.d to be transformed to foo.x and bar.x respectively.) - -If the fourth argument is specified and is a function, the name of the -input file is passed to it and the return value of the function -becomes the name of the output software. If this argument is not -specified, the imnput file is replaced with the transformed version. - -Replacement of each file is atomic and doesn't occur until the -translation of that file has completed. Any tempfiles are removed -automatically on any exception thrown by the translation function, -and the exception is then passed upwards. - -\begin{funcdesc}{filefilter}{name, file, arguments, trans_data\optional{,trans_file}} -Filter using a function taking the name, filename, and two file-object -arguments. The function is expected to read data from the input file -object, transform it, and write the data to the output file object. -When the function terminates, the translation is done. The return -value of the transformation function is not used. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{linefilter}{name, file, arguments,trans_data\optional{,trans_file}} -Filter using a function taking the name, the filename, and a string -argument. The return value of the function should be a string. This -function is applied to each line in the input file in turn; the return -values become the lines of the transformed file. -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{sponge}{name, file, arguments, trans_data\optional{, trans_file}} -Filter using a function taking the name, the filename, and a string -argument. The return value of the function should be a string. The -function will be passed the entire contents of the input file as a -string. The string return value of the function will become the -entire contents of the transformed file. -\end{funcdesc} - -# End - - |