alien.inline.compiler: documentation

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+! Copyright (C) 2009 Jeremy Hughes.
+! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
+USING: help.markup help.syntax kernel strings words.symbol sequences ;
+IN: alien.inline.compiler
+
+HELP: C
+{ $var-description "A symbol representing C source." } ;
+
+HELP: C++
+{ $var-description "A symbol representing C++ source." } ;
+
+HELP: compile-to-library
+{ $values
+    { "lang" symbol } { "args" sequence } { "contents" string } { "name" string }
+}
+{ $description "Compiles and links " { $snippet "contents" } " into a shared library called " { $snippet "libname.suffix" }
+  "in " { $snippet "resource:alien-inline-libs" } ". " { $snippet "suffix" } " is OS specific. "
+  { $snippet "args" } " is a sequence of arguments for the linking stage." }
+{ $notes
+  { $list
+    "C and C++ are the only supported languages."
+    { "Source and object files are placed in " { $snippet "resource:temp" } "." } }
+} ;
+
+HELP: compiler
+{ $values
+    { "lang" symbol }
+    { "str" string }
+}
+{ $description "Returns a compiler name based on OS and source language." }
+{ $see-also compiler-descr } ;
+
+HELP: compiler-descr
+{ $values
+    { "lang" symbol }
+    { "descr" "a process description" }
+}
+{ $description "Returns a compiler process description based on OS and source language." }
+{ $see-also compiler } ;
+
+HELP: inline-library-file
+{ $values
+    { "name" string }
+    { "path" "a pathname string" }
+}
+{ $description "Appends " { $snippet "name" } " to the " { $link inline-libs-directory } "." } ;
+
+HELP: inline-libs-directory
+{ $values
+    { "path" "a pathname string" }
+}
+{ $description "The directory where libraries created using " { $snippet "alien.inline" } " are stored." } ;
+
+HELP: library-path
+{ $values
+    { "str" string }
+    { "path" "a pathname string" }
+}
+{ $description "Converts " { $snippet "name" } " into a full path to the corresponding inline library." } ;
+
+HELP: library-suffix
+{ $values
+    { "str" string }
+}
+{ $description "The appropriate shared library suffix for the current OS." } ;
+
+HELP: link-descr
+{ $values
+    { "descr" sequence }
+}
+{ $description "Returns part of a process description. OS dependent." } ;
+
+ARTICLE: "alien.inline.compiler" "Inline C compiler"
+{ $vocab-link "alien.inline.compiler" }
+;
+
+ABOUT: "alien.inline.compiler"