Re: GCC as front end for C++ browser?

Mike Young <mikey@mcs.com> wrote:
: Does this sound viable as a quick, evenings-only project? Are there other
: tools that already do a good job of this? Is gcc's front end a suitable
: starting point? How hard is it to learn and use? Where do I find more
: information about gcc internals? Are there better, simpler ways to
: accomplish this same end?


GCC (2.6.?) seems to have an undocumented switch that dumps detailed
information about functions, at least; maybe it could be the basis for a
tool. Read source file gcc2*/c-aux-info.c for details.


    $ cat > a.c
    int x = 3;
    struct { int a; char *b; } y;
    char *f(int g){}
    main(){}
    $ gcc -aux-info foo a.c
    $ m foo
    /* compiled from: . */
    /* a.c:3:NF */ extern char *f (int g); /* (g) int g; */
    /* a.c:4:OF */ extern int main (void); /* () */


Please let me know if you write this tool, I want to use it!
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  Mitchell N. Perilstein
  COMPASS Design Automation, Columbia MD USA
  mnp@compass-da.com
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