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Re: [cdt-dev] Draft proposal for GSoC project for CDT/LSP integration

Looks awesome Nate! Thanks for this. You would make a great mentor. Please proceed.

Cheers,
Doug.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Nathan Ridge
> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2018 8:00 PM
> To: CDT Mailing List <cdt-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [cdt-dev] Draft proposal for GSoC project for CDT/LSP integration
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I would like to propose a GSoC project for integrating CDT with the Language
> Server Protocol.
> 
> Please find below a draft of the proposal. I'm posting it here for comment
> before adding it to the 2018 GSoC proposals wiki page [1]. Any feedback is
> welcome!
> 
> ========
> = Eclipse CDT: Integration with the Language Server Protocol =
> 
> [https://www.eclipse.org/cdt/ Eclipse CDT] (C/C++ Development Tools)
> currently uses a homegrown C++ parser and code analysis engine for providing
> semantics-aware navigation, completion, refactoring, and other editing
> features. This parser has fallen behind in C++ language support (e.g. it currently
> has only partial C++14 support and no C++17 support) and is increasingly a
> maintenance burden.
> 
> The [https://microsoft.github.io/language-server-protocol/ Language Server
> Protocol] is a protocol that allows decoupling "language servers" that provide
> support for semantics-aware features, from editors / IDEs that provide the UI
> for these features. This facilitates reusing the parser and code analysis engine
> already present in a compiler like [https://clang.llvm.org/ clang], exposed via a
> language server. There is a project underway to support the client side of the
> protocol in Eclipse, [https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.lsp4e
> LSP4E].
> 
> The goal of this GSoC project is to integrate Eclipse CDT with clang-based C/C++
> language servers such as [https://clang.llvm.org/extra/clangd.html clangd] or
> [https://github.com/jacobdufault/cquery/ cquery].
> 
> Specific work that this could involve includes:
> 
> * Enhancements to LSP4E (support for new parts of the protocol, or
> enhancements to the implementation of existing parts), as motivated by CDT's
> needs
> * Enhancements to CDT to make using the LSP integration smoother (e.g.
> project configuration, making use of existing settings)
> * Enhancements to CDT to implement LSP protocol extensions that are specific
> to C/C++, or to a particular C/C++ language server (for example, cquery supports
> a protocol extension for semantic highlighting that might be neat to support in
> CDT)
> 
> Possible mentors: [mailto:zeratul976@xxxxxxxxxxx Nathan Ridge] ========
> 
> As mentioned, I would be happy to mentor this project. Of course, if someone
> else would prefer to mentor it, I would be happy with that too, so just let me
> know :)
> 
> Regards,
> Nate
> 
> [1] https://wiki.eclipse.org/Google_Summer_of_Code_2018_Ideas
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