[cfe-dev] Rewriter: expand macro to definition

[Serge Preis via cfe-dev]

There is a code in clang::html::HighдightMacros() routine (clang/lib/Rewrite/HTMLRewrite.cpp ) which does similar thing. I borrowed the code and slightly modified it to Lex exact macro invocation (opposed to entire file in original code) for my in-house indexing c++ indexing tool.
The only issue I met thus far is lost formatting in multi-line macros (inability to split lines by trailing '\'). I am now trying to use clang::format to re-format expansion, but it strangely doesn't work for me in release compilation (though works fine in debug).

Reagrds,
Serge.


17.08.2017, 18:37, "Alex L via cfe-dev" <cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org>:
> I was looking into this last week when investigating "expand macro" & "preprocess" actions for Clang's new refactoring engine. I came to the conclusion that the best way to solve this full preprocessing issue is to re-preprocess the whole translation unit, use a custom PP frontend action, and call a modified version of clang::DoPrintPreprocessedInput which implements the -E mode. The modification in `DoPrintPreprocessedInput` boiled down to a source range constraint that controlled which tokens should be printed to ensure that only the relevant tokens (that actually make-up the BAZ(test) expansion) are printed instead of the whole preprocessed source. Btw, would you be interested in working on a patch for Clang that implements this modification if you decide to use this approach?
>
> I hope this helps,
> Alex
>
> On 17 August 2017 at 12:25, Alexander Graf via cfe-dev <cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am currently working on a source-to-source transformation using libtooling/clang. I would like to selectively expand some macros to their definition during rewrite. Possible recursion and other macros in the expansion shall be expanded as well. e.g.
>>
>> #define FOO( name, line ) name##line
>> #define BAR( name, line ) FOO( name, line )
>> #define BAZ( name ) BAR( name, __LINE__ )
>>
>> such that
>>
>> BAZ( test )
>>
>> at line 42 can be expanded to the string "test42". How can I do that? I found an old, similar question on the clang list, which never received a proper answer[1]. It cannot be that hard, can it?
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> Regards,
>> Alex
>>
>> [1] http://clang-developers.42468.n3.nabble.com/Using-Clang-to-Expand-Macros-td4028424.html
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