[GCC-XML] C++ Function Definitions

[Brad King]

Sandeep Kakarlapudi wrote:
> Can I rely on the fact that definitions are preferred over
> declarations as far as the source location attributes are concerned?

GCC-XML just dumps whatever location the GCC parser produces.  I do not 
know whether the behavior you observe is reliable.  I will say that I've 
noticed this behavior too, and that it has never changed since I first 
wrote the GCC-XML dump code.

You should probably not trust the line numbers directly.  They may not 
point to the function body exactly.  For that the top-level function 
definition complex-statement structure would have to be accessed and 
dumped.  GCC-XML does not do this since it is not part of the 
declaration, if I remember correctly.

I suggest you use the line numbers just to start a search for a 
definition, but still use something else to finalize the decision about 
adding code.

Out of curiosity, what do you want to add to the beginning of every 
function?

-Brad