Re: Looking for a fast C++ parser

nscc@c7.org wrote:
> Hi, I'm looking for a very fast C++ parser that can be used for text
> highlighting purposes in an IDE. I'm interested in both open source or
> licensed software written in C or C++.


In other words you're probably not looking for a full scale parser,
right? Using a full parser for syntax highlighting usually doesn't work
very well.


Take a look at Scintilla: http://www.scintilla.org/


It is a component for syntax highlighting for GTK or Win32. It goes far
beyond just the parsers, but I seem to remember that the code is
reasonably well separated if you want to extract just the C++
highlighter. If you like the rest of it though, you get far more than
just highlighting, and lots of other languages.


There's also GNU Source-highlight:
http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite/
However Source-highlight is more batch oriented.


Vidar

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