[cfe-dev] code conversion challenge

[Philip Ashmore]

On 28/02/12 07:01, Philip Ashmore wrote:
> Hi there.
>
> Here's the problem:
> Given the source file with this content:
>
>     int main(int argc, char * argv[])
>     {
>       /* all ok */
>       return 0;
>     }
>
> I want to convert it into something like this:
>
>     module
>     ( function
>       ( Name("main")
>       , Returns("int")
>       , Parameters
>         ( Parameter(Type("int"), Name("argc")
>         , Parameter(Type(Array(Pointer("char"), Size()), Name("argv")
>         )
>       , Body
>         ( Comment("all ok")
>         , Return(Int(0i32))
>         )
>       )
>     )
>
> This is a description format that has a binary representation that allows for
> easy depth-first and breadth-first traversal.
>
> With it one can describe C/C++, make files, pre-processor macros etc. - the
> reader supplies the meaning to the "calls" like "module".
>
> With it I hope to be able to describe things like interfaces and be able to
> automate the glue that allows it to be called from scripting languages,
> and much more.
>
> I haven't even given this format a name, but I can convert the text above to
> and from the binary representation.
>
> So that's the challenge - any takers?
>
> Regards,
> Philip Ashmore
>
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OK, maybe not this exact example - the parameters are missing ')', but 
you get the idea.

Philip