Re: [Bug driver/43334] New: Generate an XML dump of the parse tree

[Andrew Pinski <pinskia at gmail dot com>]

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On Mar 11, 2010, at 8:26 AM, "jrevans1 at earthlink dot net" <gcc-bugzilla@gcc.gnu.org 
> wrote:

> Essentially I would like a feature similair to gccxml  
> (www.gccxml.org) that is
> officially blessed and native to the compiler instead of some out-of- 
> date hack.
> If a feature like this were to be officially supported, it would  
> open the doors
> to many applications who might want to use the gcc to parse its  
> files for them.

Gcc now support plugins which in my mind a better way to support  
applications which want to use gcc to parse sources.


> It is a good idea, with minimal impact, it just requires a "forked"  
> gcc to have
> its features.

I don't think it will be that minimal as people will depend on the  
format being constant between versions which I doubt will happen.


> --
>           Summary: Generate an XML dump of the parse tree
>           Product: gcc
>           Version: 4.3.0
>            Status: UNCONFIRMED
>          Severity: enhancement
>          Priority: P3
>         Component: driver
>        AssignedTo: unassigned at gcc dot gnu dot org
>        ReportedBy: jrevans1 at earthlink dot net
>
>
> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=43334