Introduction

The CST is really the glue which holds the code together. It takes the specifications which users have provided in their .ccl files and generates C header and source files which are used to tell the flesh about the thorns.

The processing is done in three stages. In the first stage the .ccl files from each thorn in the ThornList are parsed and the data from them is stored internally in databases. In the second stage the data is cross-indexed for consistency. Finally the files are written out into the bindings directory in the configuration directory.