Difference between revisions of "Tools"

Latest revision as of 13:29, 30 July 2024

Liberty Eiffel provides many tools besides the compiler.

All these tools use the configuration file.

The tools

Toolbox

se: a facade to all those tools

Compiling

clean: remove temporary C files after compilation
compile: the compiler (calls compile_to_c)
compile_to_c: the C compiler core
extract_internals: the tentative inter-program object sharing tool
wrappers_generator: a tools to generate low-level Eiffel wrappers for C code

Searching and documenting

eiffeldoc: generates the whole documentation of a project
finder: finds a class
pretty: makes your source file pretty
short: generates the interface documentation of a single class

Testing

ace_check: checks an ACE file
class_check: checks the syntax and the semantics of a source code
eiffeltest: the Liberty Eiffel testing tool
mock: the Liberty Eiffel mock tool

Installing

install: installs the Liberty Eiffel tools

The system core

If you are interested in how the system works, either by sheer curiosity, or because you want to modify it, here are some explanations.

If you want to create a new Liberty Eiffel-oriented tool, this information is important too; also look at EXTERNAL_TOOL.

class loading
syntactic analysis
semantic analysis
the optimizer
the visitors
code generation
- compile_to_c
- compile_to_jvm (obsolete)

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-[[Category:Book]]
+[[Category: Tool]]
+Liberty Eiffel provides many tools besides the [[compile|compiler]].
+All these tools use the [[configuration file]].
-[[compile_to_c]]: the C compiler core
-* [[finder]]: the class finder
-* [[pretty]]: the class beautifier
-* [[short]]: the class interface documentator
-* [[class_check]]: the class [[syntax]] and [[semantics]] checker
-* [[ace_check]]: the [[ACE file]] checker
-== The upcoming tools (for 2.2) ==
+== The tools ==
+=== Toolbox ===
-Along with the existing tools, a few new tools will be included in the 2.2 release:
-* [[se]]: the front-end to all tools
+* [[se]]: a facade to all those tools
-* [[eiffeldoc]]: the project documentator
+=== Compiling ===
-* [[compile_to_jvm]]: the JVM compiler, back to life from 1.1
+* [[clean]]: remove temporary C files after compilation
+* [[compile]]: the compiler (calls [[compile_to_c]])
+* [[compile_to_c]]: the C compiler core
+* [[extract_internals]]: the tentative inter-program object sharing tool
+* [[Wrapping_C_libraries|wrappers_generator]]: a tools to generate low-level Eiffel wrappers for C code
+=== Searching and documenting ===
+* [[eiffeldoc]]: generates the whole documentation of a project
+* [[finder]]: finds a class
+* [[pretty]]: makes your source file pretty
+* [[short]]: generates the interface documentation of a single class
+=== Testing ===
+* [[ace_check]]: checks an [[ACE|ACE file]]
+* [[class_check]]: checks the [[parsing|syntax]] and the [[semantics]] of a source code
+* [[eiffeltest]]: the Liberty Eiffel testing tool
+* [[mock]]: the Liberty Eiffel mock tool
+=== Installing ===
+* [[install]]: installs the Liberty Eiffel tools
+== The system core ==
+If you are interested in how the system works, either by sheer curiosity, or because you want to modify it, here are some explanations.
+If you want to create a new Liberty Eiffel-oriented tool, this information is important too; also look at [[tool_class:EXTERNAL_TOOL|<tt>EXTERNAL_TOOL</tt>]].
+* [[class loading]]
+* [[parsing|syntactic analysis]]
+* [[semantics|semantic analysis]]
+* the [[optimizer]]
+* the [[visitor|visitors]]
+* code generation
+** [[compile_to_c#Generation|compile_to_c]]
+** [[compile_to_jvm#Generation|compile_to_jvm (obsolete)]]