[Lazarus] Using FPC parser/tokenizer for code formatting

[Aleksa Todorovic]

On Mon, May 31, 2010 at 14:15, Adem <listmember at letterboxes.org> wrote:
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> So, if I understand this right, the code is parsed but instead of producing
> a tree, a more directly usable structure is created.
>
> Now, the question is, can it be made to produce (in parallel with what it
> already does) a tree to be used elsewhere?
>

It probably won't be possible because (as noted by Mattias) compiler
doesn't actually parse false-branch of $IFDEFs, and this cut-off is
done before syntax check during source code preprocessing.

>> No idea, at least I expect a lot of pitfalls.
>>
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> Pitfalls.. definitely --and probably more than what anyone can guess now.
>
> That's why I'd like someone with the correct skill set to handle it.

Well... "someone with the correct skill" already made suggestion to
better invest time/energy/money in improving another parser (one from
fcl, codetools, ...), and leave compiler's one intact. That is the
best approach, I'd say.


Regards,
Aleksa