From 18c320a5d659090604696cd9466618e82a0d2358 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mike Buland <mike@xagasoft.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2025 09:16:04 -0800
Subject: Added a print function for debugging.

---
 c++-libbu++/src/gatsc/main.cpp | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+)

diff --git a/c++-libbu++/src/gatsc/main.cpp b/c++-libbu++/src/gatsc/main.cpp
index c95b914..334131c 100644
--- a/c++-libbu++/src/gatsc/main.cpp
+++ b/c++-libbu++/src/gatsc/main.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ public:
     Options( int argc, char *argv[] ) :
         bCompile( true ),
         bCompress( false ),
+        bPrint( false ),
         bHex( false )
     {
         addHelpBanner("Gats Compiler\nUsage: gatsc [options] [input]\n");
@@ -33,6 +34,8 @@ public:
 
         addOption( bCompile, 'd', "decompile",
             "Convert binary gats to text gats.");
+        addOption( bPrint, 'p', "print",
+            "Print the structure of the input to stdout.");
 
         addOption( bCompress, 'z', "compress", "Compress with deflate.");
         addOption( bHex, 'x', "hex", "Encode output as hex.");
@@ -43,6 +46,7 @@ public:
 
         setOverride("decompile", false );
         setOverride("compress", true );
+        setOverride("print", true );
         setOverride("hex", true );
 
         parse( argc, argv );
@@ -56,6 +60,7 @@ public:
 
     bool bCompile;
     bool bCompress;
+    bool bPrint;
     bool bHex;
     String sInput;
     String sOutput;
@@ -71,6 +76,21 @@ int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
         return 1;
     }
 
+    if( opt.bPrint )
+    {
+        File fIn( opt.sInput, File::Read );
+        Gats::GatsStream gs( fIn );
+        Gats::Object *pObj = gs.readObject();
+        if( pObj == NULL )
+        {
+            println("Error reading input.");
+            return -1;
+        }
+        sio << *pObj << sio.nl << sio.nl;
+        delete pObj;
+        return -1;
+    }
+
     if( opt.sOutput.isEmpty() )
     {
         opt.sOutput.set( opt.sInput.begin(), opt.sInput.find('.') );
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