[cfe-dev] How do I retrieve all non-local variables a function has access to?

[Kristóf Umann via cfe-dev]

On Sun, 21 Jul 2019 at 20:58, Miklos Vajna <vmiklos at vmiklos.hu> wrote:

> Hi Kristóf,
>
> On Sun, Jul 21, 2019 at 12:42:34PM +0200, Kristóf Umann via cfe-dev <
> cfe-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> > I'm trying to implement a primitive reaching definitions algorithm for
> C++,
> > but am struggling a bit.
>
> Is this about finding unused data members and functions where the
> compiler can't detect them as that requires CTU analysis?
>

No, not really, I'm trying to find reaching definitions to variables (for
example when they caused a division by zero error) to teach the analyzer
that certain parts of the program are important, and make it emit bug
reports that explain control flow around them better.


> If so, you might want to look at
> <
> https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/tree/compilerplugins/clang/unusedmethods.cxx
> >,
> and other unused* files in the same directory, which use the clang AST
> to find unused code; though they don't use AST matchers.
>

I took a look and I think this isn't what I'm looking for specifically, but
thanks for the suggestion! :)


> Regards,
>
> Miklos
>
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