[cfe-dev] Exporting Clang AST

[Bhargava Shastry via cfe-dev]

Hi,

I am trying to export clang AST to a file, recreating the tree structure
in a suitable format e.g., xml/json. I am using the RecursiveASTVisitor
for this.

Question: What is the invariant for establishing parent-child
relationship between AST nodes? I see that one potential invariant is
``If two AST nodes have the same DeclContext pointer, then they are in
the same scope i.e., siblings or parent-children.`` Is there a stronger
invariant that establishes parent-child relationship? Sadly, the Decl
class doesn't have a getParent() that returns its parent AST node.

Also, is there a generic way I could ask the same question for nodes of
Stmt and Type classes?

P.S. I tried to infer the invariant by skimming through ASTDumper code.
But, ASTDumper invents custom traversal different from what RAV
provides, so it's non-trivial to map logic from/to two different models.

Thanks,
Bhargava

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