run. Since version 5.005, Perl has shipped with a module
capable of inspecting the optimized parse tree (C<B>), and this has
been used to write many useful utilities, including a module that lets
-you turn your Perl into C source code that can be compiled into an
+you turn your Perl into C source code that can be compiled into a
native executable.
The C<B> module provides access to the parse tree, and other modules
rename $was, $_ unless $was eq $_;
}
-(this is the I<rename> program that comes in the I<eg/> directory
-of the Perl source distribution).
-
The decompiler has several options for the code it generates. For
instance, you can set the size of each indent from 4 (as above) to
2 with:
For more information, see L<perlcc> and L<B::CC>.
+=head1 Module List for the Compiler Suite
+
=over 4
=item B
interpreted programs. See L</"The Optimized C Back End"> for
details about usage.
+=item B::Concise
+
+This module prints a concise (but complete) version of the Perl parse
+tree. Its output is more customizable than the one of B::Terse or
+B::Debug (and it can emulate them). This module useful for people who
+are writing their own back end, or who are learning about the Perl
+internals. It's not useful to the average programmer.
+
=item B::Debug
This module dumps the Perl parse tree in verbose detail to STDOUT.