generating infos about compiled code

["Kai-Uwe Schmidt" <Kai-Uwe dot Schmidt at sawag dot com>]

Hi folks,

maybe a stupid question, but is there a feature in the compiler, that
generates infos about the compiled code like:
 - which types are defined
 - which functions with which input/output parameters are included
 - which classes are defined
 - ...

The background of this question is to get a system the functionality to
build a database about "known" objects (functions, classes, ...) like the
visual studio of ms does. Developers of applications would love such a
feature, i think. lesser searching in docs and faster development, ... .

if not present yet, such a feature should parse the code and write a plain
text file with the collected informations. another application (like the
ldconfig stuff) should allocate these infos and put them into a central
system database. then write some neat extensions for your loved editor and
give this editor the posibility to parse this database.

any opinions/remarks about this out there ?

regards
Kai-Uwe Schmidt