[Lxr-dev] [ lxr-Bugs-519945 ] definitions are also references

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Bugs item #519945, was opened at 2002-02-19 12:56
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Category: None
Group: v0.9
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Rejected
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Shree (shreekumar)
Assigned to: Malcolm Box (mbox)
Summary: definitions are also references

Initial Comment:
LXR 0.9.1 [as well as older versions] shows definition 
also in the list of references.

eg consider a file test.c
---
#define TEST 1
--

Searching for "TEST" will show that it is
1. a macro defined at line 1, file test.c and
2. referenced in test.c at line 1

If the number of definitions is small, this is OK. But 
when the number of definitions is large, finding which 
of the references are actually references becomes a 
pain.

The easiest solution for this would be to remove all 
definitions from the references list.

If this is acceptable, I have a patch ready [the 
backend is MySQL]

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>Comment By: Malcolm Box (mbox)
Date: 2009-03-26 17:36

Message:
This is by design - the definition is a reference to the file.

Having multiple definitions should be rare, since most languages require a
single definition...


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Comment By: Heikki Toivonen (hjtoi)
Date: 2004-03-12 16:17

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Can you attach a patch, please?

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