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Functionality that a general compiler should have. Some of these methods might not be implemented on a case-by-case basis:
- The ability to compile a file to a PackFile (String name in, Packfile PMC out)
- The ability to compile a string to a PackFile
We should probably be able to pass flags to some or all of these methods to control executing certain types of functions:
- Whether or not we trigger :load or :init functions. Parrot automatically triggers :load functions when it loads in a .pbc file, but we may also want the compiler to trigger these instead of :init, the default
- Whether or not we should automatically trigger :main (Typically: When loaded as a program, yes. When loaded as a library, no)