Re: [cdt-core-dev] CDT Symbol Table implementation`

[Andrew Niefer <aniefer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Unfortunately there isn't really any documentation that accurately 
describes the symbol table structure.  Your best bet would be to get the 
source out of CVS.  The symbol table lives in the core under 
parser/org.eclipse.cdt.internal.core.parser.pst.

As an overview, the symbol table is currently only objects in memory, it 
never gets serialized to disk.  Individual symbols store their information 
in a combination of HashMaps (or in some cases TreeMap) and LinkedLists. 
The symbols themselves also form a kind of tree rooted at the compilation 
unit.

If you are inclined to write some documentation yourself, we would be 
pleased to post it on the website.  If you have any specific questions I 
should be able to answer them.

-Andrew




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I am looking for information on the implementation and techniques used in 
the cdt to represent the symbol table after the parsing of the source 
file. I have looked into the development resources and found design plans 
but what i am really looking for is that in what form the symbol table is 
bieng maintained. That is, either its just in the form of objects in RAM, 
or stored in a database or in hard disk. Or may be, in hash tables that 
are then serialized and written to a file or something like that. Any 
reference to such an article would be appreciated.

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