Re: snarfing

[Michael Livshin]

Marius Vollmer <address@hidden> writes:

> Michael Livshin <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > Marius Vollmer <address@hidden> writes:
> > 
> > > Michael Livshin <address@hidden> writes:
> > > 
> > > > ([...] and doesn't need AWK).
> > > 
> > > Hmm, guile-func-name-check is still there, and it uses AWK.  Do we
> > > still need it?
> > 
> > it's a useful check (it checks that the `#define FUNC_NAME blah' and
> > `#undef FUNC_NAME' are properly balanced).
> 
> I see... how much work would it be to fold its functionality into
> guile_filter_doc_snarfage (or snarf-check-and-output-texi)?  If it's
> not too much, I'd like to do that.

hmmm...  this script does exactly what AWK is good at, actually: reads
a file line-by-line and changes states according to patterns it finds.
it reads unpreprocessed source files, so there's no problems with long
lines.  it doesn't seem to push AWK too much, either.

I'll see if I can fold it into guile-snarf-docs ...

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