Re: With a wacky macro before it, 'global' appears to miss a function

[Shigio YAMAGUCHI]

Jean-Marc Saffroy <address@hidden> wrote:
> Consider an old but actively maintained code base such as the binutils 
> project: most of the code is written as ANSI C, but some pieces of K&R 
> remain here and there, mixed with ANSI. For example see:
> http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/src/sim/m32r/sim-if.c?rev=1.13&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-m
> arkup&cvsroot=src
> So it's probably not a good idea to separate parsing for ANSI and K&R yet. 
> When will it be then? It could be in a very long time...

OK. K&R is forever.
 
> Also I have to say I agree with this comment sent earlier:
> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-global/2011-04/msg00015.html
> 
> In support of this comment, I can say it's common that I don't find a 
> definition with a normal definition search: in this case, a symbol search 
> works most of the time. Sometimes I do have to use grep (typically when 
> macros are used to create symbol names from parameters), but it's rather 
> rare. So for me, the current situation isn't so bad. :)

I agree. This simple tool can do only the work of 80%.

But the ANSI mode is not so bad. It does the work of 85% in ANSI source code.
Since new programs are sure to be written by ANSI style, the ANSI mode is
significant, I think.
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Shigio YAMAGUCHI <address@hidden>
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