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hi, i need a function, preferably a program for parsing the complex
declarations in C. Can anyone help me in this regard...i appreciate.
i work on Turbo C++ 3.0 in windows environment.
Also, plz explain the meaning and use of cdecl.
thnx in advance.

Rav said:

> hi, i need a function, preferably a program for parsing the complex
> declarations in C.

cdecl can do this. I refer you to FAQ 18.1, which can be found easily enough
at http://c-faq.com - the comp.lang.c FAQ site.

> Also, plz explain the meaning and use of cdecl.

See "The C Programming Language", 2nd edition, by Brian W Kernighan and
Dennis M Ritchie, Chapter 5, section 5.12, for a simplified version called
"dcl", together with source code and a full explanation of its workings.

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Rav wrote:
>
> hi, i need a function, preferably a program for parsing the complex
> declarations in C. Can anyone help me in this regard...i appreciate.
> i work on Turbo C++ 3.0 in windows environment.
> Also, plz explain the meaning and use of cdecl.

Pasted as quote to avoid line wraps:

> [1] c:\c\toksplit>cdecl --help
> Type `help' or `?' for help
> cdecl> ?
> [] means optional; {} means 1 or more; <> means defined elsewhere
> commands are separated by ';' and newlines
> command:
> declare <name> as <english>
> cast <name> into <english>
> explain <gibberish>
> set or set options
> help, ?
> quit or exit
> english:
> function [( <decl-list> )] returning <english>
> array [<number>] of <english>
> [{ const | volatile | noalias }] pointer to <english>
> <type>
> type:
> {[<storage-class>] [{<modifier>}] [<C-type>]}
> { struct | union | enum } <name>
> decllist: a comma separated list of <name>, <english> or <name> as <english>
> name: a C identifier
> gibberish: a C declaration, like 'int *x', or cast, like '(int *)x'
> storage-class: extern, static, auto, register
> C-type: int, char, float, double, or void
> modifier: short, long, signed, unsigned, const, volatile, or noalias
> cdecl>

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"Rav" <> wrote in message .
> hi, i need a function, preferably a program for parsing the complex
> declarations in C. Can anyone help me in this regard...i appreciate.
> i work on Turbo C++ 3.0 in windows environment.
> Also, plz explain the meaning and use of cdecl.
> thnx in advance.
>
Check out my website.
There's the full source to a BASIC interpreter there. It will tell you how
to set about the parser-building problem.
Be warned that adapting it to parse C rather than BASIC will be non-trivial,
though not hard in principle.
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