Find a C++ prototype from a Slick-C macro

[gary_ash]

Hi,

I'm trying to right a C++ utility macro and I'm having a hard time with the tagging support functions
I'm trying to find function prototypes, using the tagging system, given function names, class names etc can anybody give an example?

Thanks

Gary

[Dennis]

This is a sketch, read the docs for the details on how to use each function.  There are many other "tag_" functions you could use (see the reference documentation), depending on exactly what you are trying to do, the scope of your search, etc.  tag_match_symbol_in_context() is the most general purpose and powerful.  Pay careful attention to how you put together "class_name", it needs to be normalized if it is nested, see tag_insert_tag().

Another complete command you should look at is "implement_protos".  Usually when someone is trying to find function prototypes, they are thinking they want to generate function stubs.  "implement_protos" does that (only a little clumsy, that why it is not advertised).

Code: [Select]

    int status = tag_match_symbol_in_context(
                         function_name, search_class,
                         0, 0, tags_filenamea(p_extension),
                         num_matches, max_matches,
                         VS_TAGFILTER_PROTO, VS_TAGCONTEXT_ANYTHING,
                         true, true, true, false, true
                         );
    int i, n = tag_get_num_of_matches();
    for ( i = 1; i <= n; ++i ) {
       VS_TAG_BROWSE_INFO cm;
       tag_get_match_info(i, cm);
       // cm now has everything you need to know about this prototype
    }


[gary_ash]

Thanks this is the missing bit for a few ideas I've had.