diameterc(1)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, this is diameterc(1) — the Erlang module definition girlies' fave little compiler. Her whole job? Compile a diameter dictionary to Erlang source. That's it. That's the gig. 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

diameterc [<options>] <file>

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So the diameterc utility is what you use to compile a diameter dictionary file into Erlang source. The resulting source implements the interface diameter needs to encode and decode the dictionary's messages and AVPs. Slay.

Also, heads up: the module diameter_make provides an alternate compilation interface. Two roads, same destination, pick your fighter. ✨

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💖 USAGE 💖

Compile a single dictionary file to Erlang source. The valid options are as follows, and yes we're going through every single one, no skips. 👑

• -i <dir> — Prepend the specified directory to the code path. Use this to point at beam files compiled from inherited dictionaries — like, @inherits in a dictionary file creates a beam dependency, not an erl/hrl dependency. Just so you know.

You can specify multiple -i options. Stack 'em up. 🫶

• -o <dir> — Write the generated source to the specified directory. Defaults to the current working directory.
• -E — Suppress .erl file generation. No .erl for you. 🙈
• -H — Suppress .hrl file generation. Similarly, no .hrl. 💀
• --name <name> — Name the output module. Give her a name, she deserves one. ⭐
• --prefix <prefix> — Transform the input dictionary before compilation, setting @name or @prefix to the specified string.
• --inherits <arg> — Transform the input dictionary before compilation, appending @inherits of the specified string.

Two forms of --inherits have special meaning:

1. --inherits -
2. --inherits Prev/Mod

The first one has the effect of clearing any previous inherits. The second one replaces a previous inherits of Prev to one of Mod. Which like — iconic behaviour, because it lets you change the semantics of the input dictionary without modifying the file itself. No touchy the file. 🧚

Multiple --inherits options can be specified.

• --indirect-inherits — Enables the indirect inherits feature, see more here.

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💜 EXIT STATUS 💜

Returns 0 on success, non-zero on failure. Simple as that, bestie. 🍓

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• diameter_make
• diameter_dict(4)

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and that's the whole thing!! 💖 go forth and compile, you absolute main character. this was Ericsson AB's diameterc, from diameter 2.7.2 — ty for coming to my ted talk, mwah 🎀✨👑