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<h1><a name="NAME"
>NAME</a></h1>
<p>tools/dev/gen_class.pl - Create a template PMC file</p>
<h1><a name="SYNOPSIS"
>SYNOPSIS</a></h1>
<pre> % perl tools/dev/gen_class.pl Foo > src/pmc/Foo.pmc</pre>
<h1><a name="DESCRIPTION"
>DESCRIPTION</a></h1>
<p>Use this script to generate a template PMC file with stubs for all the methods you need to fill in. See <em>docs/vtables.pod</em> for more information on adding a new PMC to Parrot.</p>
<p>To see what a minimal PMC looks like, create a PMC template and compile it to C.</p>
<pre> % perl tools/dev/gen_class.pl Foo > src/pmc/foo.pmc
% perl tools/build/pmc2c.pl --dump src/pmc/foo.pmc
% perl tools/build/pmc2c.pl -c src/pmc/foo.pmc</pre>
<h1><a name="SEE_ALSO"
>SEE ALSO</a></h1>
<p><em>tools/build/pmc2c.pl</em>, <em>docs/vtables.pod</em>.</p>
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