scale.frontend.c
Class SourceC

java.lang.Object
  scale.frontend.SourceLanguage
      scale.frontend.c.SourceC

public class SourceC
extends SourceLanguage

A class which defines source language characteristics for C.

$Id: SourceC.java,v 1.1 2006-12-05 21:02:08 burrill Exp $

Copyright 2006 by the Scale Compiler Group,
Department of Computer Science
University of Massachusetts,
Amherst MA. 01003, USA
All Rights Reserved.

The compiler uses these methods to generate valid code for C programs.

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class scale.frontend.SourceLanguage

cColumnMajor, cGarbageCollected, cInsensitive, cRowMajor, cSensitive, cUserManaged

Constructor Summary

SourceC()

Method Summary

int	arrayIndexOrigin() C arrays start at index 0.
boolean	arrayOrdering() C arrays are laid out in row major order.
java.lang.String	getLanguageId() Return the string associated with this source language.
boolean	mainFunction() C defines the Main function to be the routine "main".
boolean	nameMangle() C does not mangle names.
ParameterMode	parameterPassing(Type t) C parameters are passed by value.

Methods inherited from class scale.frontend.SourceLanguage

classFieldOrderMatters, isCaseSensitive, isFortran, isMemUserManaged, mathodOrderMatters, recordFieldOrdermatters, setClassFieldOrderRule, setIdentifierCase, setMemoryManagement, setMethodsRule, setRecordFieldOrderRule

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SourceC

public SourceC()

Method Detail

arrayOrdering

public boolean arrayOrdering()

C arrays are laid out in row major order.

Specified by:

arrayOrdering in class SourceLanguage

Returns:

cRowMajor

arrayIndexOrigin

public int arrayIndexOrigin()

C arrays start at index 0.

Specified by:

arrayIndexOrigin in class SourceLanguage

Returns:

0

parameterPassing

public ParameterMode parameterPassing(Type t)

C parameters are passed by value.

Specified by:

parameterPassing in class SourceLanguage

Parameters:

t - the parameter's type is ignored.

Returns:

pass by value.

See Also:

FormalDecl

nameMangle

public boolean nameMangle()

C does not mangle names.

Specified by:

nameMangle in class SourceLanguage

Returns:

false

mainFunction

public boolean mainFunction()

C defines the Main function to be the routine "main".

Specified by:

mainFunction in class SourceLanguage

Returns:

true

getLanguageId

public java.lang.String getLanguageId()

Description copied from class: SourceLanguage

Return the string associated with this source language.

Specified by:

getLanguageId in class SourceLanguage

Returns:

the LanguageId associated with this source language