Re: xref Nostalgia

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From: Gene Wirchenko
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2018 18:13

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On Thu, 1 Mar 2018 06:24:33 -0700, Peter Flass <peter...@yahoo.com>
wrote:

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>The thing is, the compiler already has all that information, all nicely
>organized. It's trivial to generate the output. The only way to get a
>proper xref is by using a program that recognizes variable scope and
>storage class - although it's *bad* form, I think in C you can have an
>extern or static variable foo and also use different local foo's in a bunch
>of functions. If you have a program that does enough syntax analysis to
>determine this you have the front half of a compiler.

     Which is why I think it should be in the compiler.  The UNIX
philosophy of simple tools is not so workable here.  I say keep the
source in one spot.

     I can see problems with a separate xref program understanding the
language slightly differently from the compiler.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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