Re: simple Flex program?

[Hans-Bernhard Bröker]

Alexandru wrote:
> I'm totally new to flex and just received a project that is due in a few 
> days. I want to ask you if it is a hard one to solve and if anyone can 
> give me some help. 

This is almost guaranteed to be impossible to do in *any* time frame by 
a newbie.  For starters, the job is basically impossible to do with flex 
alone.  C syntax can't be captured by regular expressions alone.  By the 
time you're able to finish this task, you'll no longer be a (f)lex 
newbie, and it'll take a lot more than just a couple days to get there.

> Give one ore more C files.For each file generate a txt file containing 
> the functions found in the C files and for each function : its type, its 
> name, the nomber of parameters and their name.

Why anyone would want to know the *names* of a C function's formal 
parameters evades me.  Those generally mean nothing.  The only thing 
that really counts is their type.

> So? Is it hard or has anyone done something like this already? 

cxref exists.