Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #7090: Provide an option to parse only preprocessor directives

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #7090: Provide an option to parse only preprocessor directives
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-07-06 15:48:16

#7090: Provide an option to parse only preprocessor directives
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  Reporter:  scrawl123@…          |       Owner:  hkaiser     
      Type:  Feature Requests     |      Status:  closed      
 Milestone:  To Be Determined     |   Component:  wave        
   Version:  Boost 1.49.0         |    Severity:  Optimization
Resolution:  wontfix              |    Keywords:              
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Comment (by hkaiser):

 Replying to [comment:5 scrawl <scrawl123@…>]:

 > > I'm not aware of any library solution you could reuse, but there are
 definitely some open source preprocessors around you could have a look at.
 >
 > Can you give me some hints? The only other one that I've found is libcpp
 (used by gcc), but it's written in C and I can't find any examples how to
 use it, reading the header doesn't explain anything either.

 Well, there is clang, which has a separate preprocessor compiler pass and
 there is mcpp (http://mcpp.sourceforge.net/). Other than that, there is
 not much I know about. However, you might look at the various open sourced
 C/C++ compilers available.

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