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- The files "Cat2h_c.sd" and "Cat2h_h.sd" contains source descriptors that
- generates code similar to the one generated by Cat2h by Nico François (and
- also Cat2Inc by Magnus Holmgren ;). It uses a somewhat different approach
- to string handling, that is small and fast.
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- Rather than storing all string in an array, and scan that one each time
- (like CatComp normally does; there are ways around that though), the first
- two bytes of a string contains the ID. The "GetString" function, which
- takes a string as argument, then only reads these two bytes into a long
- word, and the string ID and default string is then known.
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- As of version 1.9, FlexCat is capable of generating that kind of output,
- using the %a command. The included files actually use %2a, and thus, only
- two ID bytes per string are generated (like Cat2h does). This should be
- enough for most applications. If you change the length, remember that the
- GetString() function need to be changed accordingly.
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- The generated header file defines all strings, and the source file contains
- code to open/close the catalog (with autoinit code for SAS/C and DICE), and
- a suitable GetString function. A quick look at the generated code should be
- enough to gather all the details, I think.
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- The code does currently not support multiple catalogs, nor change of
- version number and builtin language. Easy to add though (e.g. by using
- %b for all names (and references) needed to be unique e.g. Get%bString() etc),
- should the need arise.
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- Magnus Holmgren <cmh@lls.se>
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