[cfe-dev] Clang as a scripted refactoring tool

[Joseph Garvin]

Thanks guys I'll take a look :)

On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 1:17 PM, Fariborz Jahanian <fjahanian at apple.com> wrote:
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> On Aug 31, 2010, at 10:09 AM, Sebastian Redl wrote:
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>> On Aug 31, 2010, at 9:56 AM, Joseph Garvin wrote:
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>>> 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?
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>> Hi,
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>> 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.
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> Minor note. It rewrites into C++.
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> - Fariborz
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>>
>> Sebastian
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