Re: [cdt-dev] Draft proposal for GSoC project for CDT/LSP integration

[Nathan Ridge <zeratul976@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks! I've now added the proposal to the wiki page [1].

Regards,
Nate

[1] https://wiki.eclipse.org/Google_Summer_of_Code_2018_Ideas

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From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx <cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Doug Schaefer <dschaefer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: January 22, 2018 4:02:58 AM
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Subject: Re: [cdt-dev] Draft proposal for GSoC project for CDT/LSP      integration

Looks awesome Nate! Thanks for this. You would make a great mentor. Please proceed.

Cheers,
Doug.

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> From: cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cdt-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On
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> Subject: [cdt-dev] Draft proposal for GSoC project for CDT/LSP integration
>
> Hi,
>
> I would like to propose a GSoC project for integrating CDT with the Language
> Server Protocol.
>
> Please find below a draft of the proposal. I'm posting it here for comment
> before adding it to the 2018 GSoC proposals wiki page [1]. Any feedback is
> welcome!
>
> ========
> = Eclipse CDT: Integration with the Language Server Protocol =
>
> [https://www.eclipse.org/cdt/ Eclipse CDT] (C/C++ Development Tools)
> currently uses a homegrown C++ parser and code analysis engine for providing
> semantics-aware navigation, completion, refactoring, and other editing
> features. This parser has fallen behind in C++ language support (e.g. it currently
> has only partial C++14 support and no C++17 support) and is increasingly a
> maintenance burden.
>
> The [https://microsoft.github.io/language-server-protocol/ Language Server
> Protocol] is a protocol that allows decoupling "language servers" that provide
> support for semantics-aware features, from editors / IDEs that provide the UI
> for these features. This facilitates reusing the parser and code analysis engine
> already present in a compiler like [https://clang.llvm.org/ clang], exposed via a
> language server. There is a project underway to support the client side of the
> protocol in Eclipse, [https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/technology.lsp4e
> LSP4E].
>
> The goal of this GSoC project is to integrate Eclipse CDT with clang-based C/C++
> language servers such as [https://clang.llvm.org/extra/clangd.html clangd] or
> [https://github.com/jacobdufault/cquery/ cquery].
>
> Specific work that this could involve includes:
>
> * Enhancements to LSP4E (support for new parts of the protocol, or
> enhancements to the implementation of existing parts), as motivated by CDT's
> needs
> * Enhancements to CDT to make using the LSP integration smoother (e.g.
> project configuration, making use of existing settings)
> * Enhancements to CDT to implement LSP protocol extensions that are specific
> to C/C++, or to a particular C/C++ language server (for example, cquery supports
> a protocol extension for semantic highlighting that might be neat to support in
> CDT)
>
> Possible mentors: [mailto:zeratul976@xxxxxxxxxxx Nathan Ridge] ========
>
> As mentioned, I would be happy to mentor this project. Of course, if someone
> else would prefer to mentor it, I would be happy with that too, so just let me
> know :)
>
> Regards,
> Nate
>
> [1] https://wiki.eclipse.org/Google_Summer_of_Code_2018_Ideas
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