PARSE-C(1)

NAME
parse-c - parses a C source file

SYNOPSIS

parse-c [-i file | --input file] [-o file | --output file] [-b] [-S | --silent] [--verbose level] [-k level | --keep level] [-h | -? | --help] [--about] [--version]

DESCRIPTION

parse-c is used to parse textual C files and obtain an abstract syntax tree in the ATerm format. It is not a fully featured C front-end. In particular, it does not do pre-processing.

OPTIONS

Common Input/Output Options

-i file
    The input term given by the file name file.

    In the absence of the -i option, input will be read from stdin.

-o file
    The output will be written to the file given by the file name file.

    In the absence of the -o option, output will be written to stdout.

-b  The output will be written in the binary (BAF) ATerm format.

    ATerms in the BAF format require a lot less space than ones in the TAF format, but the Java ATerm library does not currently support baf ATerms. ATerms in the baf format is the preferred format of exchange between Stratego tools.

Common Debugging Options

--about
    See --version.

-h, -?, --help
    Display usage information.

--keep int
    Keep intermediate results produced by the internal stages in the pretty-printing process. This is only useful for debugging. A high value of int indicates increased eagerness for keeping intermediate results.

    Default setting is 0, indicating that no intermediates will be kept.

-S, --silent
    Silent execution. Same as --verbose 0.

--verbose int
    Set verbosity level to numerical value int. The higher the number, the more information about pp-aterm's inner workings are printed.

    Alternatively, int can be set to either of the following verbosity levels, given in increasing order of verbosity: emergency, alert, critical, error, warning, notice, info, debug, vomit.

--version
    Displays the tool name and version.

EXAMPLE

Consider the C program below, stored in hello.c.

int main() {
  printf("Hello, World!");
}

By running the command

$ parse-c -i hello.c -o hello.trm

we get the following in hello.trm:

TranslationUnit(
  [ FunDef(
      TypeSpec([], Int, [])
    , IdDecl([], Id("main"), Some(ParamList([])))
    , Compound(
        []
      , [Stat(FunCall(Id("printf"), [StringLit(["\"Hello, World!\""])]))]
      )
    )
  ]
)

REPORTING BUGS

Please report bugs to <stratego-bugs@cs.uu.nl>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2002-2005 Eelco Visser <visser@acm.org>

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.