[cfe-dev] libclang support for Matchers

[Jonathan Coe via cfe-dev]

> On 30 Nov 2017, at 19:59, James Mitchell <cfe-dev at jmitchell.id.au> wrote:
> 
> For the usage of strings clang already has and is recommended to use of clang-query which supports the same strings.
> 
> This would just be moving it from a command line interface to a C API.
> 
> I am open to other alternatives if anyone has some.
> 

I have no better suggestion and think that this would be very useful.

> On 1 Dec 2017 6:13 am, "Jonathan Coe" <jonathanbcoe at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On 30 Nov 2017, at 16:20, Manuel Klimek <klimek at google.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 5:17 PM Jonathan Coe <jonathanbcoe at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Does the marchers API offer the stability that libclang tries to provide?
>>> If not, exposing marchers will be tough 
>> 
>> As the dynamic matchers use strings, what stability concerns do you have?
>>  
> 
> Will the supported strings be stable?
> 
>>> 
>>>> On 30 Nov 2017, at 11:05, Manuel Klimek via cfe-dev <cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 5:56 AM James Mitchell via cfe-dev <cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
>>>>> I'm looking to add support for matchers using the "C" API and Python bindings.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I have started doing some initial work to add support for this:
>>>>> https://github.com/ReDucTor/clang/commit/d367e9ab34668da6341307765c303fbbd1b673e3
>>>>> 
>>>>> It would be good to get any advice/suggestions relating to these changes I'm still getting familiar with the related APIs and coding standards.
>>>> 
>>>> If you find it useful, it seems like a small directed patch that makes sense :)
>>>>  
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