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Re: [cdt-core-dev] Rational CDT Core Proposals 
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> Hey gang,
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> As mentioned at the last conference call, we here at Rational have been busy
> writing down our ideas for the evolution of the CDT core.  The overview of
> the proposal is now at:
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> http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/~checkout~/cdt-core-home/docs/ratio
> nalProposals/index.html?cvsroot=Tools_Project
> <http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/~checkout~/cdt-core-home/docs/rati
> onalProposals/index.html?cvsroot=Tools_Project> 
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> There are links from here to four subproposals (scanner, parser, Cmodel, and
> Indexer).  More will follow as we get more resources working on the CDT over
> the next few months.  Please provide any feedback, questions, broken links,
> etc. to the cdt-core-dev list and we'll be happy to respond.
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A few preliminary comments after a _very quick_ look(much more to come after
digesting all that).

Parser:

 The C/C++ Preprocessor plays other roles, for example:
 - concatenation ex:
   * strcpy(buffer, "CDT " "Project");
   * strcpy (buffer "CDT \
     Project");

   Some compilers like gcc(unfortunately) allow multiline strings
   with concatenation, my humble opinion .. let it fail.

   The parser may not be able to handle certain sematics, say
   "CDT " "Project"  since it is the Preprocessor job to clean this out.

 Also I assume that IMacroDescriptor will allow full ANSI C sematic
 like pasting ..

Core Model:

  - Missing I/O actions like copy/rename/move/delete on the ICElement
  For example this will allow to remove the dependency on IResource
  blocking the move to M5.

  - Question: Is it possible to overload the default parser with an extension point?
  I'm cie x , say SlickEdit with some good parser technology and can in theory
  do a better job of retrieving information.

Indexer:

  - Can we import/export to/from different format? meaning should it
   be part of the original plan?


Thanks, we will try to provide as much assitance as possible to get this
rolling.

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