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

jan@janhh.shnet.org (Jan Willamowius)
Mon, 17 Jul 1995 01:34:00 GMT

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From: jan@janhh.shnet.org (Jan Willamowius)
Keywords: C++, tools
Organization: Compilers Central
References: 95-07-076
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 01:34:00 GMT

> I'm considering writing a browser for C++/C code using GCC's front end as
> the "parser."


The main problem with this approach is that all the code you want to
browse has to be 100% syntacticaly correct.


When you need your browser most, your code probably is in restructuring
and can't be compiled and therefore can't be browsed.


The C++ development Sniff+ has a fuzzy parser that tries to extract
as much information from the source as it can, even when there are errors.
That's quite a different approach.


- Jan
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