vm/include/interpreter.h

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/**
 * @file
 * The interpreter description.
 *
 * The interpreter component executes the bytecode and is used in the VM
 * interchangeably with the JIT compiler. In the current implementation,
 * the interpreter is mainly used to simplify debugging. The interpreter also
 * enables VM portability, since most of its code is platform-independent.*/
#ifndef _INTERPRETER_H_
#define _INTERPRETER_H_

#include "Class.h"
#include "stack_trace.h"
#include "interpreter_exports.h"

/** Returns <code>TRUE</code> if the interpreter is enabled.
 *
 * @return <code>TRUE</code> on success.*/
extern bool interpreter_enabled();

/** If the interpreter is enabled, aborts the execution.*/
#define ASSERT_NO_INTERPRETER assert(!interpreter_enabled());

#endif