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the [gensize] property to a struct or union will make pidl generate a ndr_size_*() function. (not all nasty bits of NDR are completely covered yet by the ndr_size*() functions, support for those will be added when necessary) I also have a local patch (not applied now) that simplifies the pidl output and eliminates the number of functions required. It would, however, make pidl more complex. (This used to be commit 7c823f886afd0c4c6ee838f17882ca0658417011)
This directory contains the source code of the pidl (Perl IDL) compiler. pidl.pl is the main file of pidl. Pidl works by building a parse tree from a .pidl file (a simple dump of it's internal parse tree) or a .idl file (a file format mostly like the IDL file format midl uses). The IDL file parser is in idl.yp (a yacc file converted to perl code by yapp) After a parse tree is present, pidl will call one of it's backends (which one depends on the options given on the command-line). Here is a list of current backends: client.pm - Generates client call functions in C dump.pm - Converts the parse tree back to an IDL file eparser.pm - Generates a parser for the ethereal network sniffer header.pm - Generates a header file with structures parser.pm - Generates pull/push functions for parsing server.pm - Generates server side implementation in C template.pm - Generates stubs in C for server implementation validator.pm - Validates the parse tree Other files in this directory are: tables.pl - Generates a table of available interfaces from a list of IDL files util.pm - Misc utility functions used by *.pm and pidl.pl Tips for hacking on pidl: - Look at the pidl's parse tree by using the --keep option and looking at the generated .pidl file. - The various backends have a lot in common, if you don't understand how one implements something, look at the others - See pidl(1) and the documentation on midl - See 'info bison' and yapp(1) for information on the file format of idl.yp