[cfe-dev] C++11 attributes parsing

[Aaron Ballman]

On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 7:43 AM, Alexander Kornienko <alexfh at google.com> wrote:
> To summarize, at the moment we have several major requirements for c++11
> attribute parsing:
> 1. all boring attribute subject checks should be automated (using either
> TableGen or a static code if this is possible);
> 2. automated argument parsing (Sean Hunt planned to do this);
> 3. custom attributes can be added by plugins (Joshua Cranmer has a patch);
> 4. late parsing for attribute arguments? (currently no evidence that this
> will be necessary, this would be definitely required, if we decide to add
> c++11 syntax for gcc-style attributes);
> 5. automated pretty-printing.
>
> Did I forget anything?

Should we be concerning ourselves with Microsoft's attribute
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f520z3b3(v=vs.110).aspx),
__declspec attribute, or type attribute parsing and semantics?  Or is
that outside the scope of what you're looking to do?

~Aaron