tool to parse and edit c++ source
 

Hi all,
anyone know of a tool that can be used to (automatically) edit C++
source to change data? For example, I want to change "i" in the
following to 3

int i = 6; // wanna change this to 3
/* but not the following 'cause its in a comment:
double i = 0.0;
*/

Or change an array or struct, etc? A naive replacement of "stuff" in
"type identifier = stuff;" works fine, but isn't robust against the
comment case above or other possibilities.

Is there a parser for C++ that supports this? or any other tool
someone can recommend?

Re: tool to parse and edit c++ source
 

On 05/ 2/12 02:16 PM, Jonathan Lee wrote:
> Hi all,
> anyone know of a tool that can be used to (automatically) edit C++
> source to change data? For example, I want to change "i" in the
> following to 3
>
> int i = 6; // wanna change this to 3
> /* but not the following 'cause its in a comment:
> double i = 0.0;
> */
>
> Or change an array or struct, etc? A naive replacement of "stuff" in
> "type identifier = stuff;" works fine, but isn't robust against the
> comment case above or other possibilities.
>
> Is there a parser for C++ that supports this? or any other tool
> someone can recommend?

The refactoring support in NetBeans probably will. I guess Eclipse will
have something similar as well.

--
Ian Collins

Re: tool to parse and edit c++ source
 

On Wed, 2012-05-02, Jonathan Lee wrote:
> Hi all,
> anyone know of a tool that can be used to (automatically) edit C++
> source to change data? For example, I want to change "i" in the
> following to 3
>
> int i = 6; // wanna change this to 3
> /* but not the following 'cause its in a comment:
> double i = 0.0;
> */

Nitpicks: 'int 3 = 6;' is a syntax error, and normally you want the
comments updated as well.

> Or change an array or struct, etc? A naive replacement of "stuff" in
> "type identifier = stuff;" works fine, but isn't robust against the
> comment case above or other possibilities.
>
> Is there a parser for C++ that supports this? or any other tool
> someone can recommend?

In some situations I'd use Perl, and then review the changes (git diff
or whatever), manually restoring the ones I don't want changed

% perl -pi -e 's/\bi\b/3/g' *.cc *.h

But usually I just use my text editor's search-and-replace combined
with the compiler's error messages: change the declaration, and let
the compiler list the places where the now nonexisting name is used.

/Jorgen

--
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Re: tool to parse and edit c++ source
 

On May 1, 7:16*pm, Jonathan Lee <jonathan.lee....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
> * anyone know of a tool that can be used to (automatically) edit C++
> source to change data? For example, I want to change "i" in the
> following to 3
>
> * * int i = 6; // wanna change this to 3
> * * /* but not the following 'cause its in a comment:
> * * * * double i = 0.0;
> * * */
>
> Or change an array or struct, etc? A naive replacement of "stuff" in
> "type identifier = stuff;" works fine, but isn't robust against the
> comment case above or other possibilities.
>
> Is there a parser for C++ that supports this? or any other tool
> someone can recommend?

Do you want some generic refactoring tool? Or just a way to say ..
update a version number in a source file? In the second case, use a
macro, and define the macro via the command line "-D" or similar.

Re: tool to parse and edit c++ source
 

On May 2, 4:40*pm, Joshua Maurice <joshuamaur...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 1, 7:16*pm, Jonathan Lee <jonathan.lee....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hi all,
> > * anyone know of a tool that can be used to (automatically) edit C++
> > source to change data? For example, I want to change "i" in the
> > following to 3
>
> > * * int i = 6; // wanna change this to 3
> > * * /* but not the following 'cause its in a comment:
> > * * * * double i = 0.0;
> > * * */
>
> > Or change an array or struct, etc? A naive replacement of "stuff" in
> > "type identifier = stuff;" works fine, but isn't robust against the
> > comment case above or other possibilities.
>
> > Is there a parser for C++ that supports this? or any other tool
> > someone can recommend?
>
> Do you want some generic refactoring tool? Or just a way to say ..
> update a version number in a source file? In the second case, use a
> macro, and define the macro via the command line "-D" or similar.

More like a generic refactoring tool.

To answer my own question, I thing I might be able to use clang to do
this.

Thanks everyone for your input. Still open to other ideas, too, if
there are any.

--Jonathan