$Id: INSTALL,v 1.59 2026/04/25 13:38:46 moko Exp $

1. What is the process to compile Parser3?

  Just start ./buildall script and you would get $HOME/parser3install/bin/parser3 binary.

  NOTE:
  In case you do not need XML support, use ./buildall --without-xml

  NOTE:
  In case you need apache parser module (DSO), use ./buildall --with-apache

  NOTE:
  If you have gc, prce, libxml and libxslt installed, you can use ./configure --with-xml

  NOTE:
  On some systems there are no "make" and you should run 'gmake', change buildall script accordingly then.

2. What is the process to install Parser3?

  Copy files from $HOME/parser3install directory into your cgi-bin directory.

  Then install Parser3 to handle documents, step-by-step instructions:
    http://www.parser.ru/en/docs/lang/install4apachecgi.htm" in English
    http://www.parser.ru/docs/lang/install4apachecgi.htm" in Russian

  Directory layout:
    bin/
      parser3               -- CGI and command line Parser3 interpreter
      auto.p.dist           -- configuration file sample,
                               copy it to auto.p and adjust to your needs
    share/
      charsets/
        parser3.charsets/   -- charset definition files
          koi8-r.cfg        -- cyrillic charset [KOI8-R encoding]
          windows-1251.cfg  -- cyrillic charset [windows-1251 encoding]
          ...

3. I have heard about $mail:receive support, how do I use it?

  Just start ./buildall --with-mailreceive.
  If you have glib and gmime installed, you can run ./configure --with-mailreceive.

4. Safety features
  You can disable any exec operations by setting --disable-execs option.
  file::exec, file::cgi and mail:send (unix version) methods would be disabled.

  You can enable reading and executing files, not belonging to group+user 
  other than effective by setting --disable-safe-mode option.

  You can disable user-configured sendmail commands by forcing it, setting
  "--with=sendmail=COMMAND" option.

5. Since Parser 3.4.0 several optimizations were implemented.
  If you experience problems you can try to disable them by commenting corresponding
  defines and recompiling parser3.

  src/include/pa_opcode.h
    #define OPTIMIZE_BYTECODE_GET_CLASS               -- $a:
    #define OPTIMIZE_BYTECODE_GET_ELEMENT             -- $a ^a
    #define OPTIMIZE_BYTECODE_GET_OBJECT_ELEMENT      -- $a.b ^a.b
    #define OPTIMIZE_BYTECODE_GET_OBJECT_VAR_ELEMENT  -- $a.$b ^a.$b
    #define OPTIMIZE_BYTECODE_GET_SELF_ELEMENT        -- $self.a ^self.a
    #define OPTIMIZE_BYTECODE_CONSTRUCT               -- $a(expr),  $a[value]
                                                         $.a(expr), $.a[value]
                                                         $self.a(expr), $self.a[value]
    #define OPTIMIZE_BYTECODE_CUT_REM_OPERATOR        -- cut rem operator with any number of params during compilation
    #define OPTIMIZE_BYTECODE_STRING_POOL             -- simplifying string's bytecode into expression
    #define OPTIMIZE_BYTECODE_GET_SELF_ELEMENT        -- bytecode for $self.a ^self.a
    #define OPTIMIZE_BYTECODE_GET_ELEMENT__SPECIAL    -- bytecode for .CLASS, .CLASS_NAME
    #define FEATURE_GET_ELEMENT4CALL                  -- ^o.m[] calls get_element4call("m"), not get_element("m")

  src/include/pa_string.h
    #define HASH_CODE_CACHING  -- calculated hash codes are cached and used for sequential hash lookups

  src/include/pa_memory.h
    #define USE_DESTRUCTORS    -- destructors are used to decrease memory consumption during code
                                  processing and make ^memory:compact[] calls non-essential.

  src/types/pa_method.h
    #define OPTIMIZE_CALL      -- allows faster operators execution by eliminating method frame
                                  with local variables creation and extra write context switches.
    #define OPTIMIZE_RESULT    -- parser methods are marked when the $result variable was used.
                                  This allows write operations and context switching optimization.

  src/types/pa_wwrapper.h
    #define OPTIMIZE_SINGLE_STRING_WRITE  -- reuse original VString in single string assignments.

  src/lib/cord/include/cord.h
    #define CORD_CAT_OPTIMIZATION -- CORD library never modifies source concatenations. But in parser
                                     write operations it is safe to modify them and save some memory.
    #define CORD_CHARS_CACHE      -- language cords with same language and length are cached and reused.

  src/include/pa_string.h
    #define STRING_LENGTH_CACHING -- cache String::Body.length() for char* strings

  src/include/pa_hash.h
    #define HASH_ORDER            -- hash keys are iterated in the order of insertion