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Improve Parser: Use the Clang API

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#51 opened on Dec 3, 2015

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Description

I'm in the process of doing this right now. Currently, the following issues exists with the approach I'm taking:

  • Preprocessor directives are not supported: This is fixable, because Clang can be made aware of those, but it doesn't by default. I'll leave this for later.
  • Normal comments cannot be read: Unless I've missed some Clang flag, non-doc comments are completely ignored. I'm not sure this is a big deal, but nonetheless, it's different from the current behavior.

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Research direction
Understand how Clang handles preprocessor directives and non doc comments. Explore Clang options to enable comment preservation and preprocessor directive awareness. Then implement the necessary changes in the parser.
Tech stack
javacpp
Domain
backend
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3
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3-5 days
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Clear
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Clang APIJavaC++
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55