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OpenEdge ABL
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OpenEdge ABL
What This Module Does.
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An overview of the bytecode module's role and abilities.
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@h Prerequisites.
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The bytecode module is a part of the Inform compiler toolset. It is
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presented as a literate program or "web". Before diving in:
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(a) It helps to have some experience of reading webs: see //inweb// for more.
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(b) The module is written in C, in fact ANSI C99, but this is disguised by the
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fact that it uses some extension syntaxes provided by the //inweb// literate
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programming tool, making it a dialect of C called InC. See //inweb// for
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full details, but essentially: it's C without predeclarations or header files,
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and where functions have names like |Tags::add_by_name| rather than just |add_by_name|.
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(c) This module uses other modules drawn from the //compiler//, and also
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uses a module of utility functions called //foundation//.
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For more, see //foundation: A Brief Guide to Foundation//.
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@h About bytecode.
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This module defines the bytecode representation of the Inter intermediate
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language used by the back end of the Inform compiler.
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