#
# This script is invoked as part of 'make all'
#
-# '=head1' are the only headings looked for. If the next line after the
-# heading begins with a word character, it is considered to be the first line
-# of documentation that applies to the heading itself. That is, it is output
-# immediately after the heading, before the first function, and not indented.
-# The next input line that is a pod directive terminates this heading-level
-# documentation.
+# '=head1' are the only headings looked for. If the first non-blank line after
+# the heading begins with a word character, it is considered to be the first
+# line of documentation that applies to the heading itself. That is, it is
+# output immediately after the heading, before the first function, and not
+# indented. The next input line that is a pod directive terminates this
+# heading-level documentation.
use strict;
sub autodoc ($$) { # parse a file and extract documentation info
my($fh,$file) = @_;
my($in, $doc, $line, $header_doc);
+
+ # Count lines easier
+ my $get_next_line = sub { $line++; return <$fh> };
+
FUNC:
- while (defined($in = <$fh>)) {
+ while (defined($in = $get_next_line->())) {
if ($in =~ /^#\s*define\s+([A-Za-z_][A-Za-z_0-9]+)\(/ &&
($file ne 'embed.h' || $file ne 'proto.h')) {
$macro{$1} = $file;
if ($in=~ /^=head1 (.*)/) {
$curheader = $1;
- # If the next line begins with a word char, then is the start of
- # heading-level documentation.
- if (defined($doc = <$fh>)) {
+ # If the next non-space line begins with a word char, then it is
+ # the start of heading-ldevel documentation.
+ if (defined($doc = $get_next_line->())) {
+ # Skip over empty lines
+ while ($doc =~ /^\s+$/) {
+ if (! defined($doc = $get_next_line->())) {
+ next FUNC;
+ }
+ }
+
if ($doc !~ /^\w/) {
$in = $doc;
redo FUNC;
}
$header_doc = $doc;
- $line++;
# Continue getting the heading-level documentation until read
# in any pod directive (or as a fail-safe, find a closing
# comment to this pod in a C language file
HDR_DOC:
- while (defined($doc = <$fh>)) {
+ while (defined($doc = $get_next_line->())) {
if ($doc =~ /^=\w/) {
$in = $doc;
redo FUNC;
}
- $line++;
if ($doc =~ m:^\s*\*/$:) {
warn "=cut missing? $file:$line:$doc";;
}
next FUNC;
}
- $line++;
if ($in =~ /^=for\s+apidoc\s+(.*?)\s*\n/) {
my $proto = $1;
$proto = "||$proto" unless $proto =~ /\|/;
my($flags, $ret, $name, @args) = split /\|/, $proto;
my $docs = "";
DOC:
- while (defined($doc = <$fh>)) {
- $line++;
+ while (defined($doc = $get_next_line->())) {
last DOC if $doc =~ /^=\w+/;
if ($doc =~ m:^\*/$:) {
warn "=cut missing? $file:$line:$doc";;
$ret = $docref->{retval};
}
+ if (exists $docs{$inline_where}{$curheader}{$name}) {
+ warn "$0: duplicate API entry for '$name' in $inline_where/$curheader\n";
+ next;
+ }
$docs{$inline_where}{$curheader}{$name}
= [$flags, $docs, $ret, $file, @args];
print $fh "=for hackers\nFound in file $file\n\n";
}
+sub sort_helper {
+ # Do a case-insensitive dictionary sort, with only alphabetics
+ # significant, falling back to using everything for determinancy
+ return (uc($a =~ s/[[^:alpha]]//r) cmp uc($b =~ s/[[^:alpha]]//r))
+ || uc($a) cmp uc($b)
+ || $a cmp $b;
+}
+
sub output {
my ($podname, $header, $dochash, $missing, $footer) = @_;
my $fh = open_new("pod/$podname.pod", undef,
print $fh $header;
my $key;
- # case insensitive sort, with fallback for determinacy
- for $key (sort { uc($a) cmp uc($b) || $a cmp $b } keys %$dochash) {
+ for $key (sort sort_helper keys %$dochash) {
my $section = $dochash->{$key};
print $fh "\n=head1 $key\n\n";
}
print $fh "=over 8\n\n";
- # Again, fallback for determinacy
- for my $key (sort { uc($a) cmp uc($b) || $a cmp $b } keys %$section) {
+ for my $key (sort sort_helper keys %$section) {
docout($fh, $key, $section->{$key});
}
print $fh "\n=back\n";
F<embed.pl>, specifically a listing of functions, macros, flags, and variables
that may be used by extension writers. L<At the end|/Undocumented functions>
is a list of functions which have yet to be documented. The interfaces of
-those are subject to change without notice. Any functions not listed here are
+those are subject to change without notice. Anything not listed here is
not part of the public API, and should not be used by extension writers at
all. For these reasons, blindly using functions listed in proto.h is to be
avoided when writing extensions.
Note that all Perl API global variables must be referenced with the C<PL_>
-prefix. Some macros are provided for compatibility with the older,
+prefix. Again, those not listed here are not to be used by extension writers,
+and can be changed or removed without notice; same with macros.
+Some macros are provided for compatibility with the older,
unadorned names, but this support may be disabled in a future release.
Perl was originally written to handle US-ASCII only (that is characters
This file is the autogenerated documentation of functions in the
Perl interpreter that are documented using Perl's internal documentation
-format but are not marked as part of the Perl API. In other words,
+format but are not marked as part of the Perl API. In other words,
B<they are not for use in extensions>!
END
=head1 AUTHORS
The autodocumentation system was originally added to the Perl core by
-Benjamin Stuhl. Documentation is by whoever was kind enough to
+Benjamin Stuhl. Documentation is by whoever was kind enough to
document their functions.
=head1 SEE ALSO
https://perl5.git.perl.org / perl5.git / blobdiff