parsing C functions.

onkar has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I am writing a script to parse C file containing functions. for each function , I have to add logs at 2 places : (1) when the func is entered (2) when func is exiting. I tried it , it even worked with a fairly complex regex , but it sometimes adds logs in struct,if,else,while blocks. Does anyone have any idea as to such thing already existing in Perl ?

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Re: parsing C functions. by Anonymous Monk on Jun 15, 2009 at 06:55 UTC
Ideas C++ header parser, ANSI C Parser in Perl?, need regex to parse c++ functions, ExtUtils::XSBuilder::ParseSource, C::Analyzer, C::Scan, Text::CPP	[reply]
Re: parsing C functions. by Jenda (Abbot) on Jun 15, 2009 at 23:37 UTC
Modifying the source code looks pretty dangerous to me. Most likely you should use a profiler instead, it should be able to do the logging. It would be best though to ask elsewhere. This is a site about Perl, not C. Jenda Enoch was right! Enjoy the last years of Rome.	[reply]
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