NAME

       pbc_dump - Dump or convert Parrot bytecode (PBC) files

SYNOPSIS

        pbc_dump [-tdh] [--terse|--disassemble|--header-only] file.pbc

        pbc_dump -o converted.pbc file.pbc

DESCRIPTION

       A program to dump pack files to human readable form.

   Command-Line Options
       "-d"
           Disassemble bytecode segments.

       "-h"
           Dump the bytecode header only.

       "-t"
           Terse output.

       "-o converted.pbc"
           Repacks a PBC file into the platform's native binary format for better efficiency on
           reading non-native PBCs.

   Functions
       "static void const_dump(PARROT_INTERP, const PackFile_Segment *segp)"
           Dump the constant table.

       "static void disas_dump(PARROT_INTERP, const PackFile_Segment *self)"
           Disassemble and dump.

       "static void nums_dump(PARROT_INTERP, const PackFile_Segment *self)"
           Disassembles and dumps op names and line numbers only.

       "static void null_dump(PARROT_INTERP, const PackFile_Segment *self)"
           Produces no output for the given segment type.

       "static void null_dir_dump(PARROT_INTERP, const PackFile_Segment *self)"
           Dumps all of the segments of the given PackFile_Directory, but produces no output for
           the directory itself.

       "static void PackFile_header_dump(PARROT_INTERP, const PackFile *pf)"
           Dump the header.

       "static void help(void)"
           Print out the user help info.

       "int main(int argc, const char **argv)"
           The run loop. Process the command-line arguments and dump accordingly.

SEE ALSO

       src/packdump.c.