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+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# This file contaisn template generation code for SICS programming
+#
+# copyright: see file COPYRIGHT
+#
+# Mark Koennecke, December 2006
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+proc stdIncludes {} {
+	append txt "#include <stdlib.h>\n"
+	append txt "#include <assert.h>\n"
+	append txt "#include <sics.h>\n"
+	append txt "#include <splitter.h>\n"
+}
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+proc makeSicsFunc {name} {
+	append txt "int ${name}(SConnection *pCon,SicsInterp *pSics, void *pData,\n"
+	append txt "          int argc, char *argv\[\])"
+	return $txt
+}
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+proc newStruc {name indent} {
+	set pre [string repeat " " $indent]
+	append txt "pNew = malloc(sizeof($name));\n"
+	append txt $pre "if(pNew == NULL){\n"
+	append txt $pre "    return NULL;\n"
+	append txt $pre "}\n"
+	append txt $pre "memset(pNew,0,sizeof($name));\n"
+	return $txt
+}
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+proc newStrucRet {name indent retval} {
+	set pre [string repeat " " $indent]
+	append txt "pNew = malloc(sizeof($name));\n"
+	append txt $pre "if(pNew == NULL){\n"
+	append txt $pre "    return $retval;\n"
+	append txt $pre "}\n"
+	append txt $pre "memset(pNew,0,sizeof($name));\n"
+	return $txt
+}
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+proc testNoPar {noPar indent} {
+	set pre [string repeat " " $indent]
+	append txt "if(argc < $noPar){\n"
+	append txt $pre "   SCWrite(pCon,\"ERROR: Not enough arguments\",eError);\n"
+	append txt $pre "   return 0;\n"
+	append txt $pre "}\n"
+	return $txt
+}
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+proc testPriv {priv indent} {
+	set pre [string repeat " " $indent]
+	append txt "if(!SCMatchRights(pCon,$priv)){\n"
+	append txt $pre "   return 0;\n"
+	append txt $pre "}\n"
+	return $txt
+}
+#--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+proc sicsPar {parName parCName noPar priv type indent} {
+	set pre [string repeat " " $indent]
+	append txt "if(argc < $noPar) {\n"
+	switch  $type {
+		int { 
+       		append txt $pre  
+       		append txt "  snprintf(buffer,512,\"%s.%s = %d\", argv\[0\], \"$parName\", $parCName);\n"
+		    }
+		float {
+       		append txt $pre  
+       		append txt "  snprintf(buffer,512,\"%s.%s = %f\", argv\[0\], \"$parName\", $parCName);\n"
+		      }    
+		text {
+       		append txt $pre  
+       		append txt "  snprintf(buffer,512,\"%s.%s = %s\", argv\[0\], \"$parName\", $parCName);\n"
+		      }    
+		default {
+		     error "$type is unknown"
+		     } 
+	}
+	append txt $pre "} else {\n"
+	append txt $pre "  " [testPriv $priv [expr $indent + 4]]
+	set n [expr $noPar -1]
+    switch $type {
+    	int {
+    	  append txt $pre "  status = sscanf(argv\[$n\],\"%d\",&$parCName);\n"
+    	}
+    	float {
+    	  append txt $pre "  status = sscanf(argv\[$n\],\"%f\",&$parCName);\n"
+    	}
+    	text {
+    		append txt $pre "  if($parCName != NULL){\n"
+    		append txt $pre "      free($parCName);\n"
+    		append txt $pre "  }\n"
+    		append txt $pre "  $parCName = strdup(argv\[$n\]);\n"
+    		append txt $pre "  status = 1;\n"
+    	}
+    } 	
+    append txt $pre "  if(status != 1) {\n"
+    append txt $pre "    snprintf(buffer,512,"
+    append txt "\"ERROR: failed to convert %s to $type\",argv\[$n\]);\n"
+    append txt $pre "    SCWrite(pCon,buffer,eError);\n"
+    append txt $pre "    return 0;\n"
+    append txt $pre "  } else {\n"
+    append txt $pre "    SCSendOK(pCon);\n"
+    append txt $pre "    return 1;\n"
+    append txt $pre "  }\n"
+    append txt $pre "}"
+    return $txt
+}