[cfe-dev] Expansion location and spelling location

[Manuel Klimek]

On Sat, May 5, 2012 at 1:36 AM, Volodymyr Sapsai <vsapsai at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'd like to ask about the difference between expansion and spelling locations.
> For example, if I have code
> #define MACRO_INC "tests/indirect.h"
> #include MACRO_INC
> and I am in PPCallbacks::FileChanged() method
>
> then expansion location is
> #define MACRO_INC "tests/indirect.h"
>                  ^
> #include MACRO_INC
>
> and spelling location is
> #define MACRO_INC "tests/indirect.h"
> #include MACRO_INC
>         ^
>
> Am I right?

I think this is exactly reverted :) The spelling location is where the
user spelled the *code* (in this case the code is "tests/indicrect.h",
the expansion location is where the macro name is written.

Cheers,
/Manuel

>
> Some more details for my problem. In PPCallbacks::FileChanged(loc, ...) is used
> SourceManager()->getPresumedLoc(loc).getIncludeLoc() and for this includeLoc
> earlier I received "tests/indirect.h"\n#include MACRO_INC\n but now I
> receive MACRO_INC\n. Also in SourceManager documentation is written
>> Note that a presumed location is always given as the expansion point of an
>> expansion location, not at the spelling location.
> So I want to clarify if getPresumedLoc() incorrectly returns spelling location
> or I don't understand what does spelling location mean.
>
> Thanks,
> Volodymyr Sapsai
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