[cfe-dev] Question about Clang Rewriter and white space

[Andrew Gozillon via cfe-dev]

Hi,


I am currently playing around with a Clang Libtool and I was wondering if there was a way to make the Clang Rewriter remove white space or if there is another utility class that can do this? For example I have an arbitrary set of template parameters:


template <typename X, typename Y>


And I wish to remove the first template parameter using the Rewriter in this case to modify the source code. To do this I remove the typename X and the comma. However, the result ends up like:


template < typename Y>


Which contains some unsightly white space! This persists even if I increase the SourceRange to just before the t of typename Y. So it seems to be ignoring the space.


So in essence is there a way to make the Rewriter consider white space for removal or is there an alternative tool or method (like using a function of Clangs AST) to avoid this? At the moment I work around this by injecting an arbitrary character in the empty space and then I delete it. Which works, but doesn't seem like the ideal solution.


Sorry if this is a silly question and thank you very much for everyone's time.


Best Regards,

Andrew
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