Index: clang-tools-extra/trunk/docs/include-fixer.rst =================================================================== --- clang-tools-extra/trunk/docs/include-fixer.rst +++ clang-tools-extra/trunk/docs/include-fixer.rst @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +=================== +Clang-Include-Fixer +=================== + +.. contents:: + +One of the major nuisances of C++ compared to other languages is the manual +management of ``#include`` directives in any file. +:program:`clang-include-fixer` addresses one aspect of this problem by providing +an automated way of adding ``#include`` directives for missing symbols in one +translation unit. + +Setup +===== + +To use :program:`clang-include-fixer` two databases are required. Both can be +generated with existing tools. + +- Compilation database. Contains the compiler commands for any given file in a + project and can be generated by CMake, see `How To Setup Tooling For LLVM`_. +- Xrefs database. Contains all symbol information in a project to match a given + identifier to a header file. + +Ideally both databases (``compile_commands.json`` and +``find_all_symbols_db.yaml``) are linked into the root of the source tree they +correspond to. Then the :program:`clang-include-fixer` can automatically pick +them up if called with a source file from that tree. Note that by default +``compile_commands.json`` as generated by CMake does not include header files, +so only implementation files can be handled by tools. + +.. _How To Setup Tooling For LLVM: http://clang.llvm.org/docs/HowToSetupToolingForLLVM.html + +Creating an Xrefs Database From a Compilation Database +------------------------------------------------------ + +The include fixer contains :program:`find-all-symbols`, a tool to create a +symbol database in YAML format from a compilation database by parsing all +source files listed in it. The following list of commands shows how to set up a +database for LLVM, any project built by CMake should follow similar steps. + +.. code-block:: console + + $ cd path/to/llvm-build + $ ls compile_commands.json # Make sure compile_commands.json exists. + compile_commands.json + $ path/to/llvm/source/tools/clang/tools/extra/include-fixer/find-all-symbols/tool/run-find-all-symbols.py + ... wait as clang indexes the code base ... + $ ln -s $PWD/find_all_symbols_db.yaml path/to/llvm/source/ # Link database into the source tree. + $ ln -s $PWD/compile_commands.json path/to/llvm/source/ # Also link compilation database if it's not there already. + $ cd path/to/llvm/source + $ clang-include-fixer -db=yaml path/to/file/with/missing/include.cpp + Added #include "foo.h" + +How it Works +============ + +To get the most information out of clang at parse time, +:program:`clang-include-fixer` runs in tandem with the parse and receives +callbacks from Clang's semantic analysis. In particular it reuses the existing +support for typo corrections. Whenever Clang tries to correct a potential typo +it emits a callback to the include fixer which then looks for a corresponding +file. At this point rich lookup information is still available, which is not +available in the AST at a later stage. + +The identifier that should be typo corrected is then sent to the database, if a +header file is returned it is added as an include directive at the top of the +file. + +Currently :program:`clang-include-fixer` only inserts a single include at a +time to avoid getting caught in follow-up errors. If multiple `#include` +additions are desired the program can be rerun until a fix-point is reached. Index: clang-tools-extra/trunk/docs/index.rst =================================================================== --- clang-tools-extra/trunk/docs/index.rst +++ clang-tools-extra/trunk/docs/index.rst @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ :maxdepth: 2 clang-tidy/index + include-fixer modularize pp-trace