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[Doxygen-users] Distinguish "variables" from "constants"

[John Y. <jo...@ya...>]

I am using 1.8.7 for C++ code.

It is a sad C++ quirk that that it lacks true constants (say à la Pascal).
 What it does have are initialized constant expressions.  Technically
within the C++ grammar these are declarations of variables and Doxygen
dutifully classifies them as such.  But from the programmer's perspective
an initialized const variable is _very_ different from a modifiable
variable.  So I would like to request a Doxygen feature that would allow
initialized constant variables to be grouped separately from other
variables.

/john

Re: [Doxygen-users] Distinguish "variables" from "constants"

[Dimitri v. H. <do...@gm...>]

Hi John,

On 04 May 2014, at 17:45 , John Yates <jo...@ya...> wrote:

> I am using 1.8.7 for C++ code.
> 
> It is a sad C++ quirk that that it lacks true constants (say à la Pascal).  What it does have are initialized constant expressions.  Technically within the C++ grammar these are declarations of variables and Doxygen dutifully classifies them as such.  But from the programmer's perspective an initialized const variable is _very_ different from a modifiable variable.  So I would like to request a Doxygen feature that would allow initialized constant variables to be grouped separately from other variables.

I tend to agree. Can you file a bug report for this in the bug tracker with severity set to enhancement?
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=doxygen

Regards,
  Dimitri