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- Cdecl version 2.5
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- Cdecl is a program which will turn English-like phrases such as "declare
- foo as array 5 of pointer to function returning int" into C declarations
- such as "int (*foo[5])()". It can also translate the C into the pseudo-
- English. And it handles typecasts, too. Plus C++. And in this version
- it has command line editing and history with the GNU readline library.
-
- The files in this distribution are:
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- cdecl.c The cdecl source code.
- cdlex.l The lex source for the cdecl lexer.
- cdgram.y The yacc source for the cdecl parser.
- cdecl.1 The cdecl man page.
- c++decl.1 The c++decl man page (really just cdecl.1).
- testset A script to test the operation of cdecl.
- testset++ A script to test the operation of c++decl.
- Makefile The makefile to build and install cdecl.
- README See file README for description of this file.
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- If you have the GNU readline library and its headers in readline/*.h and
- termcap then you can install cdecl by "make" followed by "make install".
- To compile without readline and termcap, you must edit the Makefile and
- remove -DUSE_READLINE from the CFLAGS and -lreadline and -ltermcap from
- the LIBS. You will, unfortunately, lose the command line editing,
- history, and keyword completion. By default cdecl installs in /usr/bin,
- but this is configurable in the Makefile.
-
- I debated with myself whether to provide a precompiled libreadline.a and
- associated headers with the cdecl distribution, however that would have
- made the tar file *much* bigger, so I have decided not to. If you think
- I should, or you would like me to send you readline, please get in touch
- with me at conrad@detroit.freenet.org. You can find the source for
- readline in the bash distribution on prep.ai.mit.edu:/pub/gnu or on
- ftp.uu.net:/pub/gnu, or wherever fine GNU source isn't sold.
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- You should also be able to find a ready-to-run ELF binary of cdecl in the
- same place you got this from. It should be on sunsite.unc.edu in the
- directory /pub/Linux/devel/lang/c/, or on any of the many sunsite mirrors.
- My three favorites are ftp.cc.gatech.edu, ftp.cdrom.com, and
- uiarchive.cso.uiuc.edu.
-
- You may well be wondering what the status of cdecl is. So am I. It was
- twice posted to comp.sources.unix, but neither edition carried any mention
- of copyright. This version is derived from the second edition. I have
- no reason to believe there are any limitations on its use, and strongly
- believe it to be in the Public Domain. GNU readline is, of course,
- covered by the GNU General Public License.
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- I was inspired to port cdecl to Linux as there was no version of it
- available in the various Linux software archives that I am aware of.
- The addition of GNU readline support seemed like a logical extension
- of the program. Be warned, however, that linking with readline more
- than doubles the size of the program. Those whose main concern is
- space might wish to build a version without readline.
-
- David R. Conrad
- conrad@detroit.freenet.org
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- 16 January 1996
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