Re: [linuxtools-dev] Parsing c++ doxygen comments.

[Germán Diago <germandiago@xxxxxxxxx>]

> While the libstdc++ libhover support is based upon doxygen comments in the
> libstdc++ code, this is done far in advance.  A parser is run on the
> libstdc++ doxygen documentation output to create a binary which is just a
> serialized version of the libhover Java classes that make look-up quick.



> The parser that creates this binary is provided as part of the source code
> for the linux tools libstdc++ libhover plug-in.  It particularly elegantly
> written since it is meant to be run as a utility and not during the Eclipse
> session.

Can I execute this parser from within eclipse at any time? It would be
very useful.
Or at least it would be useful to know how to execute it, cause I can't find it.


> With regards to dynamic libhover doxygen support, there isn't anything in
> the works.
>
> Briefly thinking about it, I believe this would be best handled by the CDT
> parser which is parsing the source and populating the CDT model.  It would
> be relatively easy for them to interpret doxygen comments during this
> process and thus make it very quick to access them when needed.  It is too
> late to get this into the Indigo release which will be shortly released.  I
> would recommend opening an RFE against the CDT parser or editor components.

I'll open a bug for that in the eclipse editor component.