[llvm-branch-commits] [clang-tools-extra] [clang-doc] separate comments into categories (PR #149564)

Erick Velez via llvm-branch-commits llvm-branch-commits at lists.llvm.org
Fri Jul 18 12:07:05 PDT 2025


https://github.com/evelez7 created https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/149564

Comment categories will allow better comment organization in HTML.
Before, comments would just be serialized in whatever order they were
written, so groups like params or notes wouldn't be in the same
sections.

>From 959b0786ee630b9258729905edb712ed05b06b08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Erick Velez <erickvelez7 at gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 15:04:20 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] [clang-doc] separate comments into categories

Comment categories will allow better comment organization in HTML.
Before, comments would just be serialized in whatever order they were
written, so groups like params or notes wouldn't be in the same
sections.
---
 clang-tools-extra/clang-doc/JSONGenerator.cpp | 41 +++++++++++----
 .../test/clang-doc/json/class.cpp             | 51 +++++++++----------
 .../test/clang-doc/json/concept.cpp           | 15 +++---
 3 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-)

diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-doc/JSONGenerator.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-doc/JSONGenerator.cpp
index 908e23d24d079..5c2cb1c75cfee 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-doc/JSONGenerator.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-doc/JSONGenerator.cpp
@@ -83,7 +83,20 @@ serializeLocation(const Location &Loc,
   return LocationObj;
 }
 
-static json::Value serializeComment(const CommentInfo &I) {
+static void insertComment(Object &Description, json::Value &Comment, std::string Key) {
+  auto *CommentArray = Description.getArray(Key);
+  if (!CommentArray) {
+    auto CommentsArray= json::Array();
+    CommentsArray.push_back(Comment);
+    Description[Key] = std::move(CommentsArray);
+    Description["Has" + Key] = true;
+  } else {
+    CommentArray->push_back(Comment);
+    Description[Key] = std::move(*CommentArray);
+  }
+}
+
+static Object serializeComment(const CommentInfo &I, Object &Description) {
   // taken from PR #142273
   Object Obj = Object();
 
@@ -94,7 +107,7 @@ static json::Value serializeComment(const CommentInfo &I) {
   auto &CARef = *ChildArr.getAsArray();
   CARef.reserve(I.Children.size());
   for (const auto &C : I.Children)
-    CARef.emplace_back(serializeComment(*C));
+    CARef.emplace_back(serializeComment(*C, Description));
 
   switch (I.Kind) {
   case CommentKind::CK_TextComment: {
@@ -106,6 +119,8 @@ static json::Value serializeComment(const CommentInfo &I) {
     Child.insert({"Command", I.Name});
     Child.insert({"Children", ChildArr});
     Obj.insert({commentKindToString(I.Kind), ChildVal});
+    if (I.Name == "brief")
+      insertComment(Description, ChildVal, "BriefComments");
     return Obj;
   }
 
@@ -137,7 +152,10 @@ static json::Value serializeComment(const CommentInfo &I) {
     if (!I.CloseName.empty())
       Child.insert({"CloseName", I.CloseName});
     Child.insert({"Children", ChildArr});
-    Obj.insert({commentKindToString(I.Kind), ChildVal});
+    if (I.CloseName == "endcode")
+      insertComment(Description, ChildVal, "CodeComments");
+    else if (I.CloseName == "endverbatim")
+      insertComment(Description, ChildVal, "VerbatimComments");
     return Obj;
   }
 
@@ -210,12 +228,17 @@ serializeCommonAttributes(const Info &I, json::Object &Obj,
   }
 
   if (!I.Description.empty()) {
-    json::Value DescArray = json::Array();
-    auto &DescArrayRef = *DescArray.getAsArray();
-    DescArrayRef.reserve(I.Description.size());
-    for (const auto &Comment : I.Description)
-      DescArrayRef.push_back(serializeComment(Comment));
-    Obj["Description"] = DescArray;
+    Object Description = Object();
+    // Skip straight to the FullComment's children
+    auto &Comments = I.Description.at(0).Children;
+    for (const auto &CommentInfo: Comments)
+    {
+      json::Value Comment = serializeComment(*CommentInfo, Description);
+      // Paragraph comments might not be children
+      if (auto *ParagraphComment = Comment.getAsObject()->get("ParagraphComment"))
+        insertComment(Description, *ParagraphComment, "ParagraphComments");
+    }
+    Obj["Description"] = std::move(Description);
   }
 
   // Namespaces aren't SymbolInfos, so they dont have a DefLoc
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-doc/json/class.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-doc/json/class.cpp
index a36358982b019..e8fafca28a956 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-doc/json/class.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-doc/json/class.cpp
@@ -33,33 +33,30 @@ struct MyClass {
 };
 
 // CHECK:       {
-// CHECK-NEXT:    "Description": [
-// CHECK-NEXT:      {
-// CHECK-NEXT:       "FullComment": {
-// CHECK-NEXT:         "Children": [
-// CHECK-NEXT:           {
-// CHECK-NEXT:             "ParagraphComment": {
-// CHECK-NEXT:               "Children": [
-// CHECK-NEXT:                 {
-// CHECK-NEXT:                   "TextComment": " This is a nice class."
-// CHECK-NEXT:                 },
-// CHECK-NEXT:                 {
-// CHECK-NEXT:                   "TextComment": " It has some nice methods and fields."
-// CHECK-NEXT:                 },
-// CHECK-NEXT:                 {
-// CHECK-NEXT:                   "TextComment": ""
-// CHECK-NEXT:                 }
-// CHECK-NEXT:               ]
-// CHECK:               {
-// CHECK-NEXT:             "BlockCommandComment": {
-// CHECK-NEXT:               "Children": [
-// CHECK-NEXT:                 {
-// CHECK-NEXT:                   "ParagraphComment": {
-// CHECK-NEXT:                     "Children": [
-// CHECK-NEXT:                       { 
-// CHECK-NEXT:                         "TextComment": " This is a brief description." 
-// CHECK-NEXT:                       }
-// CHECK:                   "Command": "brief"
+// CHECK-NEXT:    "Description": {
+// CHECK-NEXT:      "BriefComments": [
+// CHECK-NEXT:        {
+// CHECK-NEXT:          "Children": [
+// CHECK-NEXT:            {
+// CHECK-NEXT:              "ParagraphComment": {
+// CHECK-NEXT:                "Children": [
+// CHECK-NEXT:                  {
+// CHECK-NEXT:                    "TextComment": " This is a brief description."
+// CHECK:               "Command": "brief"
+// CHECK:           "HasBriefComments": true,
+// CHECK-NEXT:      "HasParagraphComments": true,
+// CHECK-NEXT:      "ParagraphComments": [
+// CHECK-NEXT:        {
+// CHECK-NEXT:          "Children": [
+// CHECK-NEXT:            {
+// CHECK-NEXT:              "TextComment": " This is a nice class."
+// CHECK-NEXT:            },
+// CHECK-NEXT:            {
+// CHECK-NEXT:              "TextComment": " It has some nice methods and fields."
+// CHECK-NEXT:            },
+// CHECK-NEXT:            {
+// CHECK-NEXT:              "TextComment": ""
+// CHECK-NEXT:            }
 // CHECK:         "DocumentationFileName": "_ZTV7MyClass",
 // CHECK:         "Enums": [
 // CHECK-NEXT:      {
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-doc/json/concept.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-doc/json/concept.cpp
index 766415bbbeecd..2874caf28f8f5 100644
--- a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-doc/json/concept.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-doc/json/concept.cpp
@@ -13,16 +13,13 @@ concept Incrementable = requires(T x) {
 // CHECK-NEXT:    "Concepts": [
 // CHECK-NEXT:      {
 // CHECK-NEXT:        "ConstraintExpression": "requires (T x) { ++x; x++; }",
-// CHECK-NEXT:        "Description": [
+// CHECK-NEXT:        "Description": {
+// CHECK-NEXT:        "HasParagraphComments": true,
+// CHECK-NEXT:        "ParagraphComments": [
 // CHECK-NEXT:          {
-// CHECK-NEXT:            "FullComment": {
-// CHECK-NEXT:              "Children": [
-// CHECK-NEXT:                {
-// CHECK-NEXT:                  "ParagraphComment": {
-// CHECK-NEXT:                    "Children": [
-// CHECK-NEXT:                      {
-// CHECK-NEXT:                        "TextComment": " Requires that T suports post and pre-incrementing."
-// CHECK:             ],
+// CHECK-NEXT:            "Children": [
+// CHECK-NEXT:              {
+// CHECK-NEXT:                "TextComment": " Requires that T suports post and pre-incrementing."
 // CHECK:             "End": true,
 // CHECK-NEXT:        "InfoType": "concept",
 // CHECK-NEXT:        "IsType": true,



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