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Function

The base module of the generator hierarchy controls the translation process. It performs initializations, parses the PerlPoint source and prepares the results for formatters, which it invokes at the right time.

Knowledge of the internals of this class is no precondition to write subclasses, so the details are not furtherly explained here. To sum them up, a generator module performs initializations, parses the PerlPoint sources, runs a backend object to deal with the results and invokes formatters as soon as their target entities are completely available.