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Notes
*****

This manual is designed for those who wish to develop Aspell.  It is
currently very sketchy.  However, it should improve over time.  The
latest version of this document can be found at
<http://savannah.gnu.org/download/aspell/manual/devel/devel.html>.

* Menu:

* Style Guidelines::
* How to Submit a Patch::
* C++ Standard Library::
* Templates::
* Error Handling::
* Source Code Layout ::
* Strings::
* Smart Pointers::
* I/O::
* Config Class::
* Filter Interface::
* Filter Modes::
* Data Structures::
* Mk-Src Script::
* Copying::


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Style Guidelines
****************

* Style Guidelines:: * How to Submit a Patch:: * C++ Standard Library::
* Templates:: * Error Handling:: * Source Code Layout :: * Smart
Pointers:: * I/O:: * Config Class:: * Filter Interface:: * Filter
Modes:: * Data Structures:: * Mk-Src Script::

   As far as coding styles go I am really not that picky.  The important
thing is to stay consistent.  However, please whatever you do, do not
indent with more than 4 characters as I find indenting with more than
that extremely difficult to read as most of the code ends up on the
right side of the window.


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How to Submit a Patch
*********************

Coming or removed soon.


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C++ Standard Library
********************

The C++ Standard library is not used directly except under very
specific circumstances.  The string class and the STL are used
indirectly through wrapper classes and all I/O is done using the
standard C library with light right helper classes to make using C I/O
a bit more C++ like.

   However the `new', `new[]', `delete' and `delete[]' operators are
used to allocate memory when appropriate.


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Templates
*********

Templates are used in aspell when there is a clear advantage to doing
so.  Whenever you use templates please use them carefully and try very
hard not to create code bloat by generating a lot of unnecessary and
duplicate code.


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Error Handling
**************

Exceptions are not used in aspell as I find them more trouble than they
are worth.  Instead an alternate method of error handling is used which
is based around the PosibErr class.  PosibErr is a special Error
handling device that will make sure that an error is properly handled.
It is defined in `posib_err.hpp'.  PosibErr is expected to be used as
the return type of the function. It will automatically be converted to
the "normal" return type however if the normal returned type is
accessed and there is an "unhandled" error condition it will abort. It
will also abort if the object is destroyed with an "unhandled" error
condition.  This includes ignoring the return type of a function
returning an error condition.  An error condition is handled by simply
checking for the presence of an error, calling ignore, or taking
ownership of the error.

   The PosibErr class is used extensively throughout aspell.  Please
refer to the aspell source for examples of using PosibErr until better
documentation is written.


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Source Code Layout
******************

`common/'
     Common code used by all parts of aspell

`lib/'
     Library code used only by the actual aspell library

`data/'
     Data files used by aspell

`modules/'
     aspell modules which are eventually meant to be pluggable

    `speller/'

         `default/'
               Main speller Module.

    `filter/'

    `tokenizer/'

`auto/'
     Scripts and data files to automatically generate code used by
     aspell

`interface/'
     Header files and such that external programs should use when in
     order to use the aspell library.
    `cc/'
          The external C interface that programs should be using when
          they wish to use aspell.

`prog/'
     Actual programs based on the aspell library. The main aspell
     utility is included here.

`scripts/'
     Miscellaneous scripts used by aspell

`manual/'

`examples/'
     Example programs demonstrating the use of the aspell library


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Strings
*******

String
======

The `String' class provided the same functionality of the C++ string
except for fewer constructors.  It also inherits `OStream' so that you
can write to it with the `<<' operator.  It is defined in `string.hpp'.

ParmString
==========

ParmString is a special string class that is designed to be used as a
parameter for a function that is expecting a string.  It is defined in
`parm_string.hpp'.  It will allow either a `const char *' or `String'
class to be passed in.  It will automatically convert to a `const char
*'.  The string can also be accessed via the `str' method.  Usage
example:

void foo(ParmString s1, ParmString s2) {
   const char * str0 = s1;
   unsigned int size0 = s2.size()
   if (s1 == s2 || s2 == "bar") {
     ...
   }
}
...
String s1 = "...";
foo(s1);
const char * s2 = "...";
foo(s2);

   This class should be used when a string is being passed in as a
parameter.  It is faster than using `const String &' (as that will
create an unnecessary temporary when a `const char *' is passed in),
and is less annoying than using `const char *' (as it doesn't require
the `c_str()' method to be used when a `String' is passed in).

CharVector
==========

A character vector is basically a `Vector<char>' but it has a few
additional methods for dealing with strings which `Vector' does not
provide.  It, like `String', is also inherits `OStream' so that you can
write to it with the `<<' operator.  It is defined in
`char_vector.hpp'.  Use it when ever you need a string which is
guaranteed to be in a continuous block of memory which you can write to.


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Smart Pointers
**************

Smart pointers are used extensively in aspell to simplify memory
management tasks and to avoid memory leaks.

CopyPtr
=======

The `CopyPtr' class makes a deep copy of an object whenever it is
copied.  The `CopyPtr' class is defined in `copy_ptr.hpp'.  This header
should be included wherever `CopyPtr' is used.  The complete definition
of the object `CopyPtr' is pointing to does not need to be defined at
this point.  The implementation is defined in `copy_ptr-t.hpp'.  The
implementation header file should be included at a point in your code
where the class `CopyPtr' is pointing to is completely defined.

ClonePtr
========

`ClonePtr' is like copy pointer except the `clone()' method is used
instead of the copy constructor to make copies of an object.  If is
defined in `clone_ptr.hpp' and implemented in `clone_ptr-t.hpp'.

StackPtr
========

A `StackPtr' is designed to be used whenever the only pointer to a new
object allocated with `new' is on the stack.  It is similar to the
standard C++ `auto_ptr' but the semantics are a bit different.  It is
defined in `stack_ptr.hpp' -- unlike `CopyPtr' or `ClonePtr' it is
defined and implemented in this header file.

GenericCopyPtr
==============

A generalized version of `CopyPtr' and `ClonePtr' which the two are
based on.  It is defined in `generic_copy_ptr.hpp' and implemented in
`generic_copy_ptr-t.hpp'.


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I/O
***

aspell does not use C++ I/O classes and functions in any way since they
do not provide a way to get at the underlying file number and can often
be slower than the highly tuned C I/O functions found in the standard C
library.  However, some lightweight wrapper classes are provided so
that standard C I/O can be used in a more C++ like way.

IStream/OStream
===============

These two base classes mimic some of the functionally of the C++
functionally of the corresponding classes.  They are defined in
`istream.hpp' and `ostream.hpp' respectively.  They are however based
on standard C I/O and are not proper C++ streams.

FStream
=======

Defined in `fstream.hpp'.

Standard Streams
================

`CIN'/`COUT'/`CERR'.  Defined in `iostream.hpp'.


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Config Class
************

The `Config' class is used to hold configuration information.  It has a
set of keys which it will accept.  Inserting or even trying to look at
a key that it does not know will produce an error.  It is defined in
`common/config.hpp'.


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Filter Interface
****************

Overview
========

In aspell there are 5 types of filters:
  1. _Decoders_ which take input in some standard format such as
     iso8859-1 or UTF-8 and convert it into a string of `FilterChars'.

  2. _Decoding filters_ which manipulate a string of `FilterChars' by
     decoding the text is some way such as converting an SGML character
     into its Unicode value.

  3. _True filters_ which manipulate a string of `FilterChars' to make
     it more suitable for spell checking.  These filters generally
     blank out text which should not be spell checked

  4. _Encoding filters_ which manipulate a string of `FilterChars' by
     encoding the text in some way such as converting certain Unicode
     characters to SGML characters.

  5. _Encoders_ which take a string of `FilterChars' and convert into a
     standard format such as iso8859-1 or UTF-8

   Which types of filters are used depends on the situation
  1. When _decoding words_ for spell checking:
        * The _decoder_ to convert from a standard format

        * The _decoding filter_ to perform high level decoding if
          necessary

        * The _encoder_ to convert into an internal format used by the
          speller module

  2. When _checking a document_
        * The _decoder_ to convert from a standard format

        * The _decoding filter_ to perform high level decoding if
          necessary

        * A _true filter_ to filter out parts of the document which
          should not be spell checked

        * The _encoder_ to convert into an internal format used by the
          speller module

  3. When _encoding words_ such as those returned for suggestions:
        * The _decoder_ to convert from the internal format used by the
          speller module

        * The _encoding filter_ to perform high level encodings if
          necessary

        * The _encoder_ to convert into a standard format

   A `FilterChar' is a struct defined in `common/filter_char.hpp' which
contains two members, a character, and a width.  Its purpose is to keep
track of the width of the character in the original format.  This is
important because when a misspelled word is found the exact location of
the word needs to be returned to the application so that it can
highlight it for the user.  For example if the filters translated this:

Mr. foo said &quot;I hate my namme&quot;.

   to this

Mr. foo said "I hate my namme".

   without keeping track of the original width of the characters the
application  will likely highlight `e my '  as the misspelling because
the spell checker will return 25 as the offset  instead of 30.
However with keeping track of the width using `FilterChar' the  spell
checker  will know that the real position is 30 since the quote is
really 6 characters  wide.   In particular the text will be annotated
something like the following:

1111111111111611111111111111161
Mr. foo said "I hate my namme".

   The standard _encoder_ and _decoder_ filters are defined in
`common/convert.cpp'.  There should generally not be any need to deal
with them so they will not be discussed here.  The other three filters,
the _encoding filter_, the _true filter_, and the _decoding filter_,
are all defined the exact same way; they are inherited from the
`IndividualFilter' class.

Adding a New Filter
===================

A new filter basically is added by placing the corresponding loadable
object inside a directory reachable by aspell via `filter-path' list.
Further it is necessary that the corresponding filter description file
is located in one of the directories listed by the `option-path' list.

   The name of the loadable object has to conform to the following
convention `libfiltername-filter.so' where `filtername' stands for the
name of the filter which is passed to Aspell by the `add-filter'
option.  The same applies to the filter description file which has to
conform to the following naming scheme: `filtername-filter.opt'.

   To add a new loadable filter object create a new file.

   Basically the file should be a C++ file and end in `.cpp'.  The file
should contain a new filter class inherited from `IndividualFilter' and
a constructor function called `new_filtertype' (see *Note Constructor
Function::) returning a new filter object.  Further it is necessary to
manually generate the filter description file.  Finally the resulting
object has to be turned into a loadable filter object using libtool.

   Alternatively a new filter may extend the functionality of an
existing filter. In this case the new filter has to be derived form the
corresponding valid filter class instead of the `IndividualFilter'
class.

IndividualFilter class
======================

All filters are required to inherit from the `IndividualFilter' class
found in `indiv_filter.hpp'.  See that file for more details and the
other filter modules for examples of how it is used.

Constructor Function
====================

After the class is created a function must be created which will return
a new filter allocated with `new'.  The function must have the
following prototype:
     C_EXPORT IndividualFilter * new_aspell_FILTERNAME_FILTERTYPE

   Filters are defined in groups where each group contains an _encoding
filter_, a _true filter_, and a _decoding filter_ (see *Note Filter
Overview::).  Only one of them is required to be defined, however they
all need a separate constructor function.

Filter Description File
=======================

This file contains the description of a filter which is loaded by
aspell immediately when the `add-filter' option is invoked.  If this
file is missing aspell will complain about it.  It consists of lines
containing comments which must be started by a `#' character and lines
containing key value pairs describing the filter.  Each file at least
has to contain the following two lines in the given order.

     ASPELL >=0.60
     DESCRIPTION this is short filter description

   The first non blank, non comment line has to contain the keyword
`ASPELL' followed by the version of aspell which the filter is usable
with.  To denote multiple Aspell versions the version number may be
prefixed by ``<'', ``<='', ``='', ``>='' or ``>'.  If the range prefix
is omitted ``='' is assumed.  The `DESCRIPTION' of the filter should be
under 50, begin in lower case, and note include any trailing
punctuation characters.  The keyword `DESCRIPTION' may be abbreviated
by `DESC'.

   For each filter feature (see *Note Filter Overview::) provided by the
corresponding loadable object, the option file has to contain the
following line:
     STATIC `filtertype'
   `filtertype' stands for one of `decoder', `filter' or `encoder'
denoting the entire filter type.  This line allows to statically (see
*Note Link Filters Static::) link the filter into aspell if requested
by the user or by the system aspell is built for.

     OPTION newoption
     DESCRIPTION this is a short description of newoption
     TYPE bool
     DEFAULT false
     ENDOPTION

   An option is added by a line containing the keyword `OPTION'
followed by the name of the option.  If this name is not prefixed by
the name of the filter aspell will implicitly do that.  For the
`DESCRIPTION' of a filter option the same holds as for the filter
description.  The `TYPE' of the option may be one of `bool', `int',
`string' or `list'.  If the `TYPE' is omitted `bool' is assumed.  The
default value(s) for an option is specified via `DEFAULT' (short `DEF')
followed by the desired `TYPE' dependent default value.  The table
*Note Filter Default Values:: shows the possible values for each `TYPE'.

Type     Default   Available
bool     true      true false
int      0         any number value
string             any printable string
list               any comma separated list of strings

   Table 1. Shows the default values Aspell assumes if option
`description' lacks a `DEFAULT' or `DEF' line.

   The `ENDOPTION' line may be omitted as it is assumed implicitly if a
line containing `OPTION', `STATIC'.

     *Note:* The keywords in a filter description file are case
     insensitive.  The above examples use the all uppercase for better
     distinguishing them from values and comments.  Further a filter
     description may contain blank lines to enhance their readability.

     *Note:* An option of `list' type may contain multiple consecutive
     lines for default values starting with `DEFAULT' or `DEF', to
     specify numerous default values.

Retrieve Options by a Filter
============================

An option always has to be retrieved by a filter using its full
qualified name as the following example shows.

     config->retrieve_bool("filter-filtername-newoption");

   The prefix `filter-' allows user to relate option uniquely to the
specific filter when `filtername-newoption' ambiguates an existing
option of Aspell.  The `filtername' stands for the name of the filter
the option belongs to and `-newoption' is the name of the option as
specified in the corresponding `.opt' file (see *Note Filter
Description File::

Compiling and Linking
=====================

See a good book on Unix programming on how to turn the filter source
into a loadable object.

Programmer's Interface
======================

A more convenient way recommended, if filter is added to Aspell
standard distribution to build a new filter is provided by Aspell's
programmers interface for filter.  It is provided by the
`loadable-filter-API.hpp' file.  Including this file gives access to a
collection of macros hiding nasty details about runtime construction of
a filter and about filter debugging.  Table *Note Interface Macros::
shows the macros provided by the interface.  For details upon the
entire macros see `loadable-filter-API.hpp'.  An example on how to use
these macros can be found at `examples/loadable/ccpp-context.hpp' and
`examples/loadable/ccpp-context.cpp'.

Macro              Type Description              Notes
ACTIVATE_ENCODER   M    makes the entire         do not call inside
                        encoding filter          class declaration;
                        callable by Aspell       these macros define
                                                 new_<filtertype>
                                                 function;
ACTIVATE_DECODER   M    makes the entire         _as above_
                        decoding filter          
                        callable by Aspell       
ACTIVATE_FILTER    M    makes the entire filter  _as above_
                        callable by Aspell       
FDEBUGOPEN         D    Initialises the macros   These macros are only
                        for debugging a filter   active if the
                        and opens the debug      `FILTER_PROGRESS_CONTROL'
                        file stream              macro is defined and
                                                 denotes the name of the
                                                 file debug messages
                                                 should be sent to.
                                                 
                                                    If debugging should
                                                 go to Aspell standard
                                                 debugging output (right
                                                 now stderr) use empty
                                                 string constant as
                                                 filename
FDEBUGNOTOPEN      D    Same as "FDEBUGOPEN" but _as above_
                        only if debug file       
                        stream was not opened    
                        yet                      
FDEBUGCLOSE        D    closes the debugging     _as above_
                        device opened by         
                        "FDEBUGOPEN" and         
                        reverts it to "stderr";  
FDEBUG             D    prints the filename and  _as above_
                        the line number it       
                        occurs                   
FDEBUGPRINTF       D    special printf for       _as above_
                        debugging                

   Table 2. Shows the macros provided by `loadable-filter-API.hpp' (*M*
mandatory, *D* debugging)

Adding a filter to Aspell standard distribution
===============================================

Any filter which one day should be added to Aspell has to be built
using the developer interface, described in *Note Programmer's
Interface::.  To add the filter the following steps have to be
performed:

  1. Decide whether the filter should be kept loadable if possible, or
     always be statically linked to Aspell.

  2.  Place the filter sources inside the entire directory of Aspell
     source tree.  Right now use `$top_srcdir/modules/filter'.

  3. Modify the `Makefile.am' file on the topmost directory of the
     Aspell distribution.  Follow the instructions given by the
     `#Filter Modules' section.

  4. Run `autoconf', `automake', ...

  5. Reconfigure sources.

  6.  Clear away any remains of a previous build and rebuild sources.

  7.  Reinstall Aspell.

  8.  Test if filter has been added properly otherwise return to steps
     2-7

  9. Reconfigure sources with `enable-static' flag and repeat steps 2-7
     until your filter builds and runs properly in case of static
     linkage.

 10. Add your source files to cvs, and commit all your changes.  Or in
     case you are not allowed to commit to cvs submit a patch (see
     *Note How to Submit a Patch::) containing your changes.



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Filter Modeso
*************

Filter modes are the preferd way to specify combinations of filters
which are used regularily and thus abreviate aspell's command line
arguments.

   A new filter mode is specified by a file named like the filter new
mode and prefixed by .amf (AspellModeFile). If such a file is acessible
by the path set via filter-path option Aspell will try to load the
contained mode specification (1).

Aspell Mode File
================

The first key in the maode file has be the `mode' key.  It is checked
against the mode name part of the .amf file.  If the `mode' key is
missing mode file will be rejected.

   The same holds for the `aspell' key which specifies the verion(s) of
aspell wich is(are) required by the filter.

   If these two keys are followed by at least one `madgic' key aspell
will be able to select the entire mode from extention and if required
from contents of the file to spell implicitly.

   The last key of the initial section is the `des[c[ription]]' key. It
gives a short description of the filter mode which will displayed when
type
 
  aspell help
 This key again is required as it indicates the end of the Aspell Mode
File's header section. Any line following specifies filters and their
options required by the mode.

   The only two keys valid are `filter' and `option'.  The value of the
`filter' key is equal to the value of aspell's `[add|rem]-filter'
option. The option key has to be followed by the name of a valid aspell
option and the corresponding values (2).

MAGIC line format
-----------------

The value of the magic key consist of at least two fields separated  by
a`/' the first field specifes a magic expression used to verify mode
selection found by looking at the filename extention. The second and
any following field contain the file name extensions which may trigger
a selection of the mode.

   The magic expression may be one of: <empty> or  <nomagic> if mode
selection should be base uppon file extentions only. In any other case
magic expression is a `:' separated list of three elements.

   Thre the last element is assumed to be a valid extended possix
regular expression (3).  It is checked against a maximum count of
bytes. This maximum number of bytes is given by the second element.
The first is the number of bytes to skip from the file to spell before
trying to match regular expression. A value of 0 means the verry first
byte of the file.

   For a commented example of Aspell mode files and their layout see
`html.amf'

   ---------- Footnotes ----------

   (1) Any line beeing blank or containing a comment will be skiped

   (2) these may be empty if the option is of boolean type or of list
type and prefixed by rem-all

   (3) brackets may be specifed differntly eg: \( <-> (


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Data Structures
***************

Whenever possible you should try to use one of the data structures
available.  If the data structures do not provide enough functionality
for your needs you should consider enhancing them rather than writing
something from scratch.

Vector
======

The `vector' class is defined in `vector.hpp' and works the same way as
the standard STL `vector' does except that it doesn't have as many
constructors.

BasicList
=========

`BasicList' is a simple list structure which can either be implemented
as a singly or doubly linked list.  It is defined in `basic_list.hpp'.

StringMap
=========

`StringMap' is a associative array for strings.  You should try to use
this when ever possible to avoid code bloat.  It is defined in
`string_map.hpp'.

Hash Tables
===========

Several hash tables are provided when `StringMap' is not appropriate.
These hash tables provide a `hash_set', `hash_multiset', `hash_map' and
`hash_multimap' which are very similar to SGI's STL implementation with
a few exceptions.  It is defined in `hash.hpp'.

BlockSList
==========

`BlockSList' provided a pool of nodes which can be used for singly
linked lists.  It is defined in `block_slist.hpp'.


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Mk-Src Script
*************

A good deal of interface code is automatically generated by the
`mk-src.pl' Perl script.  I am doing it this way to avoid having to
write a lot of relative code for the C++ interface.  This should also
make adding interface for other languages a lot less tedious and will
allow the interface to automatically take advantage of new aspell
functionality as it is made available.  The `mk-src.pl' script uses
`mk-src.in' as its input.

mk-src.in
=========

NOTE: This section may not always be up to date since it is manually
converted from the pod source.

   The format of `mk-src.in' is as follows:


    The following characters are literals: { } / '\ ' \n = >

    <items>
    <items> := (<item>\n)+
    <items> := <category>:\ <name> {\n<details>\n} | <<tab>><details>
    <details> := <options>\n /\n <items>
    <options> := (<option>\n)*
    <option> := <key> [=> <value>]

    <<tab>> means everything should be indented by one tab

   See MkSrc::Info for a description of the categories and options

MkSrc::Info
===========

`%info'

   The info array contains information on how to process the info in
`mk-src.pl'. It has the following layout


    <catagory> => options => [] 
                  groups => [] # if undef than anything is accepted
                  creates_type => "" # the object will create a new type
                                     # as specified
                  proc => <impl type> => sub {}
     where <impl type> is one of:

    cc: for "aspell.h" header file
    cxx: for C++ interface implemented on top of cc interface
    native: for creation of header files used internally by aspell
    impl: for defination of functions declared in cc interface.
          the definations use the native hedaer files
    native_impl: for implementations of stuff declared in the native
                  header files
     each proc sub should take the following argv

    $data: a subtree of $master_data
    $accum: 
     <options> is one of:

    desc: description of the object
    prefix:
    posib err: the method may return an error condition
    c func:
    const: the method is a const member
    c only: only include in the external interface
    c impl headers: extra headers that need to be included in the C impl
    c impl: use this as the c impl instead of the default
    cxx impl: use this as the cxx impl instead of the default
    returns alt type: the constructor returns some type other than
      the object from which it is a member of
    no native: do not attemt to create a native implementation
    treat as object: treat as a object rather than a pointer
     The `%info' structure is initialized as follows:

    our %info =
    (
     root => { 
       options => [],
       groups => ['methods', 'group']},
     methods => {
       # methods is a collection of methods which will be inserted into
       # a class after some simple substation rules.  A $ will be
       # replaced with name of the class.
       options => ['strip', 'prefix', 'c impl headers'],
       groups => undef},
     group => {
       # a group is a colection of objects which should be grouped together
       # this generally means they will be in the same source file
       options => ['no native'],
       groups => ['enum', 'struct', 'union', 'func', 'class', 'errors']},
     enum => {
       # basic C enum
       options => ['desc', 'prefix'],
       creates_type => 'enum'},
     struct => {
       # basic c struct
       options => ['desc', 'treat as object'],
       groups => undef,
       creates_type => 'struct',},
     union => {
       # basic C union
       options => ['desc', 'treat as object'],
       groups => undef,
       creates_type => 'union'},
     class => {
       # C++ class
       options => ['c impl headers'],
       groups => undef,
       creates_type => 'class'},
     errors => {}, # possible errors
     method => {
       # A class method
       options => ['desc', 'posib err', 'c func', 'const',
                   'c only', 'c impl', 'cxx impl'],
       groups => undef},
     constructor => {
       # A class constructor
       options => ['returns alt type', 'c impl', 'desc'],
       groups => 'types'},
     destructor => {
       # A class destructor
       options => [],
       groups => undef},
     );
     In addition to the categories listed above a "methods" category by
be     specified in under the class category. A "methods" category is
created     for each methods group under the name "<methods name>
methods". When     groups is undefined a type name may be specified in
place of a category.

   `%types'

   types contains a master list of all types. This includes basic types
and     ones created in `mk-src.in'. The basic types include:

    'void', 'bool', 'pointer', 'double',
    'string', 'encoded string', 'string obj',
    'char', 'unsigned char',
    'short', 'unsigned short',
    'int', 'unsigned int',
    'long', 'unsigned long'
   %methods

   `%methods' is used for holding the "methods" information

MkSrc::Util
===========

This module contains various useful utility functions:
`false'
     Returns 0.

`true'
     Returns 1.

`cmap EXPR LIST'
     Apply EXPR to each item in LIST and than concatenate the result
     into         a string

`one_of STR LIST'
     Returns true if LIST contains at least one of STR.

`to_upper STR'
     Convert STR to all uppercase and substitute spaces with
     underscores.

`to_lower STR'
     Convert STR to all lowercase and substitute spaces with
     underscores.

`to_mixed STR'
     Convert STR to mixed case where each new word startes with a
      uppercase letter. For example "feed me" would become "FeedMe".

MkSrc::Read
===========

`read'         Read in `mk-src.in' and return a data structure which
has the         following format:

      <tree>
      <tree> := <options>
                data => <tree>
    where each tree represents an entry in mk-src.in.  
    The following two options are always provided:
      name: the name of the entry
      type: the catagory or type name
    Additional options are the same as specified in %info

MKSrc::Create
=============

`create_cc_file PARMS'
     Create a source file.
               Required Parms: type, dir, name, data
               Boolean Parms:  header, cxx
               Optional Parms: namespace (required if cxx), pre_ext,
                               accum

`create_file FILENAME DATA'
     Writes DATA to FILENAME but only if DATA differs from the content
     of         the file and the string:
               Automatically generated file.

     is present in the existing file if it already exists.

Code Generation Modes
=====================

The code generation modes are currently one of the following:
          cc:     Mode used to create types suitable for C interface
          cc_cxx: Like cc but typenames don't have a leading Aspell prefix
          cxx:    Mode used to create types suitable for CXX interface
          native: Mode in which types are suitable for the internal
                  implementation
          native_no_err: Like Native but with out PosibErr return types

MkSrc::CcHelper
===============

Helper functions used by interface generation code:
         to_c_return_type ITEM
             .
     
         c_error_cond ITEM
             .

`make_func NAME @TYPES PARMS ; %ACCUM'
     Creates a function prototype

     Parms can be any of:
                    mode: code generation mode

`call_func NAME @TYPES PARMS ; %ACCUM'
     Return a string to call a func. Will prefix the function with
     return         if the functions returns a non-void type;

     Parms can be any of:
                    mode: code generation mode

`to_type_name ITEM PARMS ; %ACCUM'
     Converts item into a type name.

     Parms can be any of:
               mode: code generation mode
               use_type: include the actual type
               use_name: include the name on the type
               pos: either "return" or "other"

`make_desc DESC ; LEVEL'
     Make a C comment out of DESC optionally indenting it LEVEL spaces.

`make_c_method CLASS ITEM PARMS ; %ACCUM'
     Create the phototype for a C method which is really a function.

     Parms is any of:
               mode:      code generation mode
               no_aspell: if true do not include aspell in the name
               this_name: name for the parameter representing the
                          current object

`call_c_method CLASS ITEM PARMS ; %ACCUM'
     Like make_c_method but instead returns the appropriate string to
          call the function. If the function returns a non-void type
     the         string will be prefixed with a return statement.

`form_c_method CLASS ITEM PARMS ; %ACCUM'
     Like make_c_method except that it returns the array:
               ($func, $data, $parms, $accum)

     which is suitable for passing into make_func. It will return an
         empty array if it can not make a method from ITEM.

`make_cxx_method ITEM PARMS ; %ACCUM'
     Create the phototype for a C++ method.

     Parms is one of:
               mode: code generation mode


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