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Re: C++ qualified method names
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: C++ qualified method names |
Date: |
Fri, 26 May 2017 15:37:47 +0300 |
> From: Yuri Khan <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 17:15:40 +0700
> Cc: Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden>, Emacs developers <address@hidden>
>
> > void
> > regcache::raw_supply_integer (int foo)
> > {
> > whatever (foo);
> > }
> >
> > invoking "M-: (c-defun-name) RET" produces "raw_supply_integer". Why
> > does it exclude the class qualification? Is there a way to have that
> > included? This is important e.g. when producing a ChangeLog entry for
> > such methods.
>
> This is a good question that opens a can of worms.
>
> What if the clasess is in a namespace? Do you want to include the
> namespace, too? …the whole chain of namespaces up to the root? What if
> some of them are inline namespaces?
>
> What if the method is overloaded on argument types? …on method
> cv-qualifiers and ref-qualifiers?
>
> What if the thing on which (c-defun-name) is a function template? …a
> class template? …an explicit specialization? …a partial
> specialization?
Since it is easier to delete than to type, I guess my answer would be
"all of the above".