Re: [Pyparsing] Can I write a ANSI C parse use pyparsing?

[chunlin z. <zha...@gm...>]

Paul -
My intent is to parse c file and get the C data type detail,and in
some situation I can use the data type detail(for example to analysis
some data generate by C program)

Yes...I agree with you,Writing a full ANSI C parser is really an
ambitious project.

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btw:I post this mail in gnane.comp.python.pyparsing.user,but I can not
see your reply in newsgroup

On 10/10/07, Paul McGuire <pa...@al...> wrote:
> chunlin -
>
> Writing a full ANSI C parser is really an ambitious project.  C has a lot of
> surprising syntax options, in variable declarations (arrays, bitfields,
> pointers, structs, unions), dereferencing of pointers, pointers to pointers,
> pointers to functions, pre-and post-increment and decrement operators.  In
> addition, the C preprocessor can be extremely complicated to implement.
>
> Are you trying to write a full compiler, or trying to extract data from a
> body of C source code, or transform code to adapt to a changing API, or what
> exactly?
>
> -- Paul
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 1:33 AM
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> Subject: [Pyparsing] Can I write a ANSI C parse use pyparsing?
>
> I have not dive into pyparsing.
> Before that I want to ask if it can make this job well...
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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