Re: parsing ".h subset" of c

All,


> I need a c-parser which parses ".h subset of c", namely
> c-files containing usual header declarations such as
> type definitions (typedef etc), macros (#define with or
> without parameters) and procedure signatures. (No problem if
> whole c is parsed).


Statements are easy to parse. It's the declarations that are hard.
You might as well use a parser for the full language.


Having said that:


void f(void)
{
int i;
typedef int T_AND_L;


T_AND_L: i++;
}


is not always handled correctly.


> I guess there are pd-tools which can be used to get this information.
> Any suggestions, what tool(s) and how could be used ?


gcc springs to mind (lcc does not include a preprocessor).


derek
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[lcc didn't have a preprocessor originally, but they added one several years
ago -John]

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