[cfe-dev] Clang as a scripted refactoring tool

[Fariborz Jahanian]

On Aug 31, 2010, at 10:09 AM, Sebastian Redl wrote:

>
> On Aug 31, 2010, at 9:56 AM, Joseph Garvin wrote:
>> I asked the mozilla guys about this
>> on IRC and they suggested Clang is already part way there. What's the
>> state of using Clang for refactoring and what parts of the code base
>> should I be looking at if I'm interested in trying to build something
>> like this?
>
> Hi,
>
> Clang is designed to be usable as the basis for a refactoring tool.  
> Your best bet is to look at the Rewriter component. It allows you to  
> create edits of the source code, based on location information  
> stored in the AST. For an example, look at the Obj-C rewriter, a  
> tool that rewrites Obj-C into pure C.
Minor note. It rewrites into C++.

- Fariborz

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>
> Sebastian
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