VIM plugin for recursively expanding and showing C/C++ macros

Asked Jan 31 '17 at 06:23

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The C code that I am working on has lots of macros everywhere. I need to see expanded states of the macros to decrease my coding time.

1) What is the best way of code development considering codes with many macros? For example, there is variable which is probably declared somewhere in the macros and I have to search all macros to find its type.

2) Although using ctags in VIM helps me to jump to the macro definition, is there a VIM plugin that recursively expands and shows C/C++ macros in a C/C++ file while I am editing the file?

P.S. There is a similar question here but its answers are not related with the question: vim plugin for exploring macros written by c/c++

P.P.S. When I use the solution at Seeing expanded C macros, I got a huge file that contains all other include files and so on. Also the whole file cannot be preprocessed because I have to change the cmake build system.

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asked Jan 31 '17 at 06:23

Kadir

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Does this help [GCC dump preprocessor defines](http://stackoverflow.com/q/2224334/1606345)? – David Ranieri Jan 31 '17 at 06:31
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The best way to deal with code full of macros is fire. – n. m. could be an AI Jan 31 '17 at 06:37
@KeineLust, it helps to find out expanded macros, however I have to first find out the header file that contains the macro possibly using `grep`, etc. – Kadir Jan 31 '17 at 06:43
Are you doing obfuscation code in somehow ? – Meninx - メネンックス Jan 31 '17 at 07:39
I suspect you'll need to find/write a libclang module that knows how to expand a macro. From here, you'll have to integrate it in Vim. – Luc Hermitte Jan 31 '17 at 09:28
@Meninx-メネンックス, the code is written like the one in http://stackoverflow.com/a/652945/1632456 – Kadir Jan 31 '17 at 11:55

VIM plugin for recursively expanding and showing C/C++ macros

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