How to start reading gcc source code.

[hgbasm <hgbasm at yahoo dot com dot mx>]

I have posted my message here:

http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1185705&forum_id=7134

a resposer of the messate

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Hi people. 


I will like to know how gcc select the compiler, I can trace a little in 
the code, also I need download flex and bison. 

I will like to analise the output of the parsing, like I have understand 
for this moment the output is a AST, I will like to know how to detect 
when the AST is complete and let my analise it, and dont go more far 
than that. 


Specifically I whant to identify: 

structs/unions 
typedefs 
#defines (and sure almost all the preprocessing done) 
and functions 

- Actually I can pass the switch -save-temps 

And this one show me: 

Functions and structures (I am running it in a .h file) I have renamed 
the file to extension .cpp, because when I pass the .h warn me about 
this... 


Anyway, any help posible for undertand the AST, and for stop in this 
place for let me analise (or find), or put out the AST, if both are 
posible I will like to see the drawbacks... 




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Only a final thing, altought not necesary, I will like to know wich file 
are part of X pass, for example parsing, generation of AST, generation 
of RTL /(IR)?, optimizing, if you know about this, should be nice to 
share :D. 

Have a nice dy or night.

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Anyway I havent specificated that I only whant specially for interfacing 
porpuoses , ie, I only whant to process headers files for get: 
structs/unions and typedefs, numeric definitions (#define XTHING 3) , 
after I can recognogize that, pheraphs but not necesary, get a list of 
functions in each file.


What I whant to do?

I use nasm (not much at all), but if something is left is have a good 
and easy to put up to date include files.

A struct like:

struct X{
  int a,b;
};
typedef struct X OTHER1, *OTHER2;

should be translated to:

struc X
.a resd
.b resd
endstruc

struc OTHER1
.a resd
.b resd
endstruc

%define OTHER2 dd (because the size of a pointer is double word)

Also I will like at less a little about handle unicode for choice 
between A or U

Pheraphs group all the names that are repeated and the only character 
that is diferent is the one, and the last should be A or U, then I can 
group them.

And do

%if UNICODE
%define MessageBox MessageBoxU
........
%else
%define MessageBox MessageBoxA
......
%endif




I also whant to be distributed, ie not in a single include file, I whant 
that for each h file referenced in a file, there would be one in file 
produced (for maintaing this a little modularitized).



And that is what I whant to do at the end, a importer of headers 
structs, unions, flag defines and prototypes of functions for use them 
with nasm, I in fact only whant the info, not whant to generate actually 
machine code, optimization, etc, only the declarations.






Like you see I dont whant to go more far (for the moment) than the AST 
if Im correct for get this working.



Hope you have understood ;).




Have a nice day or night,