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Binding and Shrouding
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Standalone executables


You can bind or shroud code so that it can start up faster later (the parsing is already done). This is done by using command line options: 

  -s shroud
  -c shroud without deleting any symbol information
  -b bind
The option must come before your source file: 
  exw eu.ex -s my_file.exw
  oexw -c win32lib.ew
  oexw -b my_file.exw
When shrouding, the file will have the same base name, but with the extension ".oe". A bound file will have the ".exe" extension added on Windows and DOS, and there will be no extension for Linux. You must bind using an executable (bound or compiled should be fine) version of the interpreter, since that executable will have the shrouded code appended to it. The resulting file will be in the same directory as the source file.

Additionally, immediately after the -s or -b option, you may specify the -full_debug option. This will preserve the source lines for lines where "with trace" is in effect, and you will get a normal traceback of the last 10 lines in the ex.err file.