Description

Execute gec.

Parameters

ecf

Description: Name of ECF file

Domain: Valid filename pointing to existing file

Default: -

target

Name of target to be used in ECF file

Domain: valid target name

Default: Last target in ECF file

finalize

Description: Should system be compiled in finalized mode?

Domain: Boolean (true|false)

Default: false

gelint

Description: Should gelint be run on the full content of each class being compiled?

Domain: Boolean (true|false)

Default: false

catcall

Description: Should CAT-call errors be considered as fatal errors, as warnings, or just ignored?

Domain: (no|error|warning)

Default: warning

split

Description: Should C code be generated into several files?

Domain: Boolean (true|false)

Default: true

split_size

Description: Size (in bytes) of generated C files in bytes when in split mode

Domain: Positive integer

Default: 2,500,000 bytes

c_compile

Description: Should the back-end C compiler be invoked on the generated C code, and if yes with what method?

Domain: (no|script|make|gecc)

Default: gecc

gc

Description: Which garbage collector should the application be compiled with?

Domain: (no|boehm)

Default: no

new_instance_types

Description: File containing the list of types which can have instances created by 'TYPE.new_instance' or 'TYPE.new_special_any_instance'

Domain: Valid filename pointing to existing file

Default: Use all non-deferred, non-NONE, alive types

thread

Description: Number of threads to be used to run gec. Negative numbers -N mean "number of CPUs - N"

Domain: Integer

Default: Number of CPUs

silent

Description: Run gec in silent mode

Domain: Boolean (true|false)

Default: false

verbose

Description: Run gec in verbose mode

Domain: Boolean (true|false)

Default: false

no_benchmark

Description: Should no benchmark information be displayed? (default: display non-nested benchmark information)

Domain: Boolean (true|false)

Default: false

nested_benchmark

Description: Should nested benchmark information be displayed?

Domain: Boolean (true|false)

Default: false

metrics

Description: Should metrics information be displayed?

Domain: Boolean (true|false)

Default: false

executable

Description: Filename (optionally with a pathname) of gec executable.

Domain: Valid filename pointing to existing executable

Default: Version of 'gec' in the PATH

clean

Description: clean

Domain: valid system name

Default: empty string

exit_code_variable

Description: Name of variable holding the compiler process's return code after it's run

Domain: Integer (usually 0 for OK, and any other number for not OK)

Default: `Void' (no variable is set if attribute is not specified)

RNG Specification

  <define name="gec">
    <element name="gec">
      <ref name="dir_if_unless"/>
      <choice>
        <group>
          <attribute name="ecf"/>
          <optional>
            <attribute name="target"/>
          </optional>
          <optional>
            <attribute name="finalize"/>
          </optional>
          <optional>
            <attribute name="gelint"/>
          </optional>
          <optional>
            <attribute name="catcall"/>
          </optional>
          <optional>
            <attribute name="split"/>
          </optional>
          <optional>
            <attribute name="split_size"/>
          </optional>
          <optional>
            <attribute name="c_compile"/>
          </optional>
          <optional>
            <attribute name="gc"/>
          </optional>
          <optional>
            <attribute name="new_instance_types"/>
          </optional>
          <optional>
            <attribute name="thread"/>
          </optional>
          <optional>
            <attribute name="silent"/>
          </optional>
          <optional>
            <attribute name="verbose"/>
          </optional>
          <optional>
            <attribute name="no_benchmark"/>
          </optional>
          <optional>
            <attribute name="nested_benchmark"/>
          </optional>
          <optional>
            <attribute name="metrics"/>
          </optional>
          <optional>
            <attribute name="executable"/>
          </optional>
        </group>
        <attribute name="clean"/>
      </choice>
      <optional>
        <attribute name="exit_code_variable"/>
      </optional>
    </element>
  </define>

	

Examples

  <gec ecf="system.ecf"/>

  <gec ecf="system.ecf" finalize="true"/>

  <gec clean="${system}"/>