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<refentry id="orc-program" revision="3 june 2013">
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>Orc Program Syntax</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
<refmiscinfo>Orc</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>

<refnamediv>
<refname>Orc Program</refname>
<refpurpose>
Description of the Orc program syntax
</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

<refsect1>
<title>Orc Program</title>

  <para>
    An orc program is an UTF-8 file containing the source read by the
    Orc-compiler. Each program consists of several blocks. Each block contains a
    directives and <link linkend="orc-opcodes">opcodes</link>.
  </para>
  
  <refsect2>
  <title>.init</title>
  <para>
    Global initialisation for a module.
  </para>
  </refsect2>

  <refsect2>
  <title>.function</title>
  <programlisting>
.function &lt;function-name&gt;</programlisting>
  <para>
    Starts a new function. Takes one arg which is the function name.
  </para>
  </refsect2>

  <refsect2>
  <title>.flags</title>
  <programlisting>
.flags (1d|2d)</programlisting>
  <para>
    Tells wheter arrays are 1 or 2 dimensional. The default is 1d.
  </para>
  </refsect2>
  
  <!--
  .n <mult> <min> <max>
  .m
  -->

  <refsect2>
  <title>.source</title>
<programlisting>
.source &lt;size&gt; &lt;var-name&gt; [&lt;type-name&gt;]</programlisting>
  <para>
    Input data array parameter for functions. Arguments denote size of the items
    in the array (1,2,4,8), name of the variable and optional name of the type.
    Only reads are allowed.
    <!-- align <value> -->
  </para>
  </refsect2>

  <refsect2>
  <title>.dest</title>
<programlisting>
.dest &lt;size&gt; &lt;var-name&gt; [&lt;type-name&gt;]</programlisting>
  <para>
    Output data array parameter for functions. Arguments denote size of the
    items in the array (1,2,4,8), name of the variable and optional name of the
    type. This directive can also be used for in/out array parameters.
    <!-- align <value> -->
  </para>
  </refsect2>

  <refsect2>
  <title>.accumulator</title>
<programlisting>
.accumulator &lt;size&gt; &lt;var-name&gt; [&lt;type-name&gt;]</programlisting>
  <para>
    Output value parameter for functions. Arguments denote size of the variable
    (1,2,4,8), name of the variable and optional name of the type.
  </para>
  </refsect2>

  <refsect2>
  <title>.param</title>
<programlisting>
.param &lt;size&gt; &lt;var-name&gt; [&lt;type-name&gt;]</programlisting>
  <para>
    Parameter for functions. Arguments denote size of the variable (1,2,4,8),
    name of the variable and optional name of the type.
  </para>
  <para>
    This directive has variants named: .longparam, .floatparam and .doubleparam.
  </para>
  </refsect2>

  <refsect2>
  <title>.const</title>
<programlisting>
.const &lt;size&gt; &lt;var-name&gt;</programlisting>
  <para>
    Constant for functions. Arguments denote size of the constant (1,2,4,8) and
    the name.
  </para>
  </refsect2>

  <refsect2>
  <title>.temp</title>
<programlisting>
.temp &lt;size&gt; &lt;var-name&gt;</programlisting>
  <para>
    Local variable for functions. Arguments denote size of the variable
    (1,2,4,8) and then name.
  </para>
  </refsect2>
</refsect1>

</refentry>