pbc_dump(1) Dump or convert Parrot bytecode (PBC) files

SYNOPSIS


pbc_dump [-tdh] [--terse|--disassemble|--header-only] file.pbc
pbc_dump -o converted.pbc file.pbc

DESCRIPTION

A program to dump pack files to human readable form.

Command-Line Options

"-d"
Disassemble bytecode segments.
"-h"
Dump the bytecode header only.
"-t"
Terse output.
"-o converted.pbc"
Repacks a PBC file into the platform's native binary format for better efficiency on reading non-native PBCs.

Functions

"static void const_dump(PARROT_INTERP, const PackFile_Segment *segp)"
Dump the constant table.
"static void disas_dump(PARROT_INTERP, const PackFile_Segment *self)"
Disassemble and dump.
"static void nums_dump(PARROT_INTERP, const PackFile_Segment *self)"
Disassembles and dumps op names and line numbers only.
"static void null_dump(PARROT_INTERP, const PackFile_Segment *self)"
Produces no output for the given segment type.
"static void null_dir_dump(PARROT_INTERP, const PackFile_Segment *self)"
Dumps all of the segments of the given PackFile_Directory, but produces no output for the directory itself.
"static void PackFile_header_dump(PARROT_INTERP, const PackFile *pf)"
Dump the header.
"static void help(void)"
Print out the user help info.
"int main(int argc, const char **argv)"
The run loop. Process the command-line arguments and dump accordingly.