[cfe-dev] Clang indexer for code completion, high level ide integration

[Joshua Cranmer]

On 6/21/2012 12:15 PM, David Elrom wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> (This is my first thread, so please go easy on me.)
>
> After a few searches, I've been unable to find any mention of a clang 
> based indexer meant for integration with IDEs (sans a thread from 2010).
>
> This is something that has always bothered me (and probably others). 
> There should be no need for an independent indexer (eg ctags) for ide 
> purposes. Rather, the same parse tree / symbol table etc available to 
> the compiler should be used.
>
> As I understand it, people have written their own because teasing that 
> data out of gcc is a pain.
>
> Is there such a mechanism in place in clang?
> Where would be a good place in the code to start?
>

Have you looked into DXR? <https://wiki.mozilla.org/DXR>

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