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 \end{center}
 While the \CFA I/O looks similar to the \Index*[C++]{\CC{}} output style, there are important differences, such as automatic spacing between variables as in \Index*{Python} (see~\VRef{s:IOLibrary}).
+
 
 \subsection{Background}
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 \end{cfa}
 which conditionally includes the correct header file, if the program is compiled using \Indexc{gcc} or \Indexc{cfa}.
+
+The \CFA translator has multiple steps.
+The following flags control how the tranlator works, the stages run, and printing within a stage.
+The majority of these flags are used by \CFA developers, but some are occasionally useful to programmers.
+\begin{description}[topsep=5pt,itemsep=0pt,parsep=0pt]
+\item
+\Indexc{-h}\index{translator option!-h@{©-h©}}, \Indexc{--help}\index{translator option!--help@{©--help©}} \, print help message
+\item
+\Indexc{-l}\index{translator option!-l@{©-l©}}, \Indexc{--libcfa}\index{translator option!--libcfa@{©--libcfa©}} \, generate libcfa.c
+\item
+\Indexc{-L}\index{translator option!-L@{©-L©}}, \Indexc{--linemarks}\index{translator option!--linemarks@{©--linemarks©}} \, generate line marks
+\item
+\Indexc{-m}\index{translator option!-m@{©-m©}}, \Indexc{--no-main}\index{translator option!--no-main@{©--no-main©}} \, do not replace main
+\item
+\Indexc{-N}\index{translator option!-N@{©-N©}}, \Indexc{--no-linemarks}\index{translator option!--no-linemarks@{©--no-linemarks©}} \, do not generate line marks
+\item
+\Indexc{-n}\index{translator option!-n@{©-n©}}, \Indexc{--no-prelude}\index{translator option!--no-prelude@{©--no-prelude©}} \, do not read prelude
+\item
+\Indexc{-p}\index{translator option!-p@{©-p©}}, \Indexc{--prototypes}\index{translator option!--prototypes@{©--prototypes©}} \, generate prototypes for prelude functions
+\item
+\Indexc{-P}\index{translator option!-P@{©-P©}}, \Indexc{--print}\index{translator option!--print@{©--print©}} \, one of:
+\begin{description}[topsep=0pt,itemsep=0pt,parsep=0pt]
+\item
+\Indexc{altexpr}\index{translator option!-P@{©-P©}!©altexpr©}\index{translator option!--print@{©-print©}!©altexpr©} \, alternatives for expressions
+\item
+\Indexc{ascodegen}\index{translator option!-P@{©-P©}!©ascodegen©}\index{translator option!--print@{©-print©}!©ascodegen©} \, as codegen rather than AST
+\item
+\Indexc{ast}\index{translator option!-P@{©-P©}!©ast©}\index{translator option!--print@{©-print©}!©ast©} \, AST after parsing
+\item
+\Indexc{astdecl}\index{translator option!-P@{©-P©}!©astdecl©}\index{translator option!--print@{©-print©}!©astdecl©} \, AST after declaration validation pass
+\item
+\Indexc{asterr}\index{translator option!-P@{©-P©}!©asterr©}\index{translator option!--print@{©-print©}!©asterr©} \, AST on error
+\item
+\Indexc{astexpr}\index{translator option!-P@{©-P©}!©astexpr©}\index{translator option!--print@{©-print©}!©altexpr©} \, AST after expression analysis
+\item
+\Indexc{astgen}\index{translator option!-P@{©-P©}!©astgen©}\index{translator option!--print@{©-print©}!©astgen©} \, AST after instantiate generics
+\item
+\Indexc{box}\index{translator option!-P@{©-P©}!©box©}\index{translator option!--print@{©-print©}!©box©} \, before box step
+\item
+\Indexc{ctordtor}\index{translator option!-P@{©-P©}!©ctordtor©}\index{translator option!--print@{©-print©}!©ctordtor©} \, after ctor/dtor are replaced
+\item
+\Indexc{codegen}\index{translator option!-P@{©-P©}!©codegen©}\index{translator option!--print@{©-print©}!©codegen©} \, before code generation
+\item
+\Indexc{declstats}\index{translator option!-P@{©-P©}!©declstats©}\index{translator option!--print@{©-print©}!©declstats©} \, code property statistics
+\item
+\Indexc{parse}\index{translator option!-P@{©-P©}!©parse©}\index{translator option!--print@{©-print©}!©parse©} \, yacc (parsing) debug information
+\item
+\Indexc{pretty}\index{translator option!-P@{©-P©}!©pretty©}\index{translator option!--print@{©-print©}!©pretty©} \, prettyprint for ascodegen flag
+\item
+\Indexc{resolver}\index{translator option!-P@{©-P©}!©resolver©}\index{translator option!--print@{©-print©}!©resolver©} \, before resolver step
+\item
+\Indexc{rproto}\index{translator option!-P@{©-P©}!©rproto©}\index{translator option!--print@{©-print©}!©rproto©} \, resolver-proto instance
+\item
+\Indexc{rsteps}\index{translator option!-P@{©-P©}!©rsteps©}\index{translator option!--print@{©-print©}!©rsteps©} \, resolver steps
+\item
+\Indexc{symevt}\index{translator option!-P@{©-P©}!©symevt©}\index{translator option!--print@{©-print©}!©symevt©} \, symbol table events
+\item
+\Indexc{tree}\index{translator option!-P@{©-P©}!©tree©}\index{translator option!--print@{©-print©}!©tree©} \, parse tree
+\item
+\Indexc{tuple}\index{translator option!-P@{©-P©}!©tuple©}\index{translator option!--print@{©-print©}!©tuple©} \, after tuple expansion
+\end{description}
+\item
+\Indexc{--prelude-dir} <directory> \, prelude directory for debug/nodebug
+\item
+\Indexc{-S}\index{translator option!-S@{©-S©}!©counters,heap,time,all,none©}, \Indexc{--statistics}\index{translator option!--statistics@{©--statistics©}!©counters,heap,time,all,none©} <option-list> \, enable profiling information:
+\begin{description}[topsep=0pt,itemsep=0pt,parsep=0pt]
+\item
+\Indexc{counters,heap,time,all,none}
+\end{description}
+\item
+\Indexc{-t}\index{translator option!-t@{©-t©}}, \Indexc{--tree}\index{translator option!--tree@{©--tree©}} build in tree
+\end{description}
 
 
