Using gcc's parser for Y2k work

lynn@swcp.com (Lynn Wilson)
28 Aug 1997 00:32:07 -0400

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From: lynn@swcp.com (Lynn Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 28 Aug 1997 00:32:07 -0400
Organization: Southwest Cyberport
Keywords: parse, C, question

I'm working on writing tools that will deal with analyzing C and C++
source code in regards to year2000 compliance. My plan is to steal
the front end off of the gcc (g++) compiler and use it to build a
parse tree. I will then write code that will crawl over the tree and
'reason' about it.


Is this a resonable way to go? Would standalone lex/yacc (flex/bison)
approaches be a better way? I'm concerned that some of the publicly
available grammars for c/c++ are not complete.


Ideas and suggestions welcomed.


Lynn


lynn@swcp.com
[Prying the parser loose from the rest of GCC is challenging. You might
look at lcc as well. -John]




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