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*** SableVM General Information For Developers ***

Introduction
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This document contains general information about SableVM source code.
Some information comes directly from the mailing list archives.

Comments and new contributions are welcome.

Send them to: David Belanger <dbelan2@cs.mcgill.ca>

Document History
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2003-03-19 - Initial draft.

Question and Answers
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1. How do I generate the configure script when building from Subversion?

   ./autogen


2. What are the meaning of the different prefixes used in SableVM
   identifiers?

   _svmt_*: type (usually typedef of a struct)
   _svmv_*: global variable
   _svmf_*: function
   _svmm_*: macro
   _svmh_*: hidden function... A function which should never be called
            directly by a SableVM programmer, it is instead called
            through a macro.  (e.g., if you wish to call a _svmh_
            function, you should find its related _svmm_ macro and call
            it instead).


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