C.3 The VOOPS Syntax

VOOPS uses UNFUG to process its template header and source files and substitute its LISP statements with their respective output. Hence VOOPS itself does not have its own specialized syntax, but nevertheless VOOPS statements have to be used in a determined sequence and scope. This subsection presents a short tour through the VOOPS statements, and explains where they can appear and their semantical meaning.

Note: Most statements below generate C code inserted in place of this statement by UNFUG. Although this code generation is the main purpose of VOOPS, many other steps have to be performed internally. In order to reflect the original sequence of actions VOOPS performs in a specific statement, the description of the generated code appears not always at the same place in a paragraph, but rather at the specific sequential step it occurs.

• The MODULE Statement
• The ENDMODULE Statement
• The SUBMODULE Statement
• The ENDSUBMODULE Statement
• The DEFCLASS Statement
• The PARENTCLASS Statement
• Type Expressions
• The DEFMEMBER Statement
• The ENDCLASS Statement
• The DEFFLAG Statement
• The DEFMETHOD Statement
• The ENDMETHOD Statement
• The DEFPRIVATE Statement
• The DEFAULTMETHODS Statement
• The SENDCLASS Statement
• The SENDPRIVATE Statement
• The SENDSELF Statement
• The SEND Statement
• The SENDID Statement