IDLC(1)

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version 0.10.5 · 4 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ IDLC(1) — the IDL compiler, but make it make sense ✨

okay bestie, gather round, because we're talking about idlc from Eclipse Cyclone DDS and honestly? she's iconic. 👑

🌸 NAME 🌸

idlc — the IDL compiler 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

idlc [options] FILE

that's it. that's the whole vibe. options, then a FILE. periodt.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what does she even do? idlc takes your IDL files and generates a language-specific source code representation from them. literally her whole job. no cap. ✨

💖 OPTIONS 💖

okay this is the part where you screenshot and save to your notes app, because there's lore here:

  • -D MACRO=VALUE] — define a preprocessor macro MACRO to VALUE. if you don't say a value, it defaults to 1. giving very much "I got you, bestie" energy. 🫶
  • -E — preprocess only. that's it, she stops there. just the preprocessing, nothing more. 🙈
  • -f case-sensitive — switch to case-sensitive mode of operation, i.e. let entities contain fields that differ only in case. lowercase foo and foo with a capital F? now they're different girlies entirely. 💀
  • -f keylist — force use of #pragma keylist directive even if annotations occur in the translation unit. no negotiating. she's using the pragma. 😤
  • -h — display available options. your little help menu moment. ⭐
  • -I PATH — add PATH to the #include search path. so she knows where to go looking. 🧭
  • -l LANGUAGE — compile representation for LANGUAGE. the default is c. yes, lowercase c. that's the one. 🌈
  • -S — compile only. no extras, no side quests. 💜
  • -v — display version information. main character moment: she tells you who she is. 👑
ngl, that -D MACRO=VALUE] really does have a bracket in it. that's not me being quirky, that's literally the manual. iykyk. 🍓

🌟 AUTHOR 🌟

this manual page was written for Debian by Timo Röhling, and may be used without restriction. shoutout Timo, absolute legend, gave us a gift fr fr. 🎁

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this one's from version 0.10.5 of Eclipse Cyclone DDS — go forth, compile your IDL, slay your day. mwah. 💋🌸💅

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