[cfe-dev] Getting fully qualified names of random qualtypes.

[Manuel Klimek via cfe-dev]

I think it should probably be part of ASTContext. I have no idea about the
license. Richard?

On Wed, Oct 21, 2015, 2:27 AM Sterling Augustine via cfe-dev <
cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:

> So clang folks, where should this new code to calculate the complete,
> fully qualified name of arbitrary qualtypes go?
>
> My best guess is as a new file in clang/lib/AST, but it's not a great fit.
>
> Does the license as listed in the file (reproduced below) create any
> issues?
>
> // This file is dual-licensed: you can choose to license it under the
> University
> // of Illinois Open Source License or the GNU Lesser General Public
> License. See
> // LICENSE.TXT for details.
>
> On Thu, Oct 15, 2015 at 8:47 AM, Philippe Canal <pcanal at fnal.gov> wrote:
>
>> Hi Sterling,
>>
>> > Would you all be amenable to contributing cling/lib/Utils/AST.cpp to
>> clang?
>>
>> Of course :).  I agree that this feature belongs in clang proper.
>>
>> AST.cpp is pretty much standalone (depends only on clang and llvm)
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Philippe.
>>
>> PS.  A part that has not yet been integrated in AST.cpp is the adding of
>> default
>> template parameters (for user classes where that parameter might matter
>> for I/O)
>> and can be found in:
>>
>> https://root.cern.ch/gitweb?p=root.git;a=blob;f=core/metautils/src/TMetaUtils.cxx
>> in the routines
>>     ROOT::TMetaUtils::GetNormalizedType
>>     ROOT::TMetaUtils::AddDefaultParameters
>>     ROOT::TMetaUtils::KeepNParams
>>
>>
>> On 10/14/15 11:53 AM, Sterling Augustine wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 2:48 PM, Philippe Canal < <pcanal at fnal.gov>
>> pcanal at fnal.gov> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> We also discovered that we could not find in clang a routine that
>>> reliably generate the name (or the equivalent
>>> decl/type) corresponding to a type as it would need to be typed from the
>>> global namespace (i.e. a unique identifier
>>> of the class);
>>>
>>
>> Philippe,
>>
>> Would you all be amenable to contributing cling/lib/Utils/AST.cpp to
>> clang?
>>
>> I would be willing to write-up the patch if that would be helpful. I'm
>> not sure how deep the dependencies go.
>>
>>
>>
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