From: thiago.adams@gmail.com   
      
   On 10/23/2025 7:36 AM, bart wrote:   
   > On 23/10/2025 02:19, Thiago Adams wrote:   
   >> Em 22/10/2025 18:39, Keith Thompson escreveu:   
   >>> This is cross-posted to comp.lang.c and comp.lang.c++.   
   >>> Consider redirecting followups as appropriate.   
   >>>   
   >>> cdecl, along with c++decl, is a tool that translates C or C++   
   >>> declaration syntax into English, and vice versa.  For example :   
   >>>   
   >>>      $ cdecl   
   >>>      Type `help' or `?' for help   
   >>>      cdecl> explain const char *foo[42]   
   >>>      declare foo as array 42 of pointer to const char   
   >>>      cdecl> declare bar as pointer to function (void) returning int   
   >>>      int (*bar)(void )   
   >>>   
   >>> It's also available via the web site .   
   >>   
   >> This one does not work:   
   >>   
   >> void (*f(int i))(void)   
   >   
   > KT said the newer version is only available by building from source   
   > code, which must be done under some Linux-compatible system.   
   >   
   > I've had a look: it comprises 32Kloc of configure script, and 68Kloc of   
   > C sources, so 100Kloc just to decode declarations! (A bit longer than   
   > the 2-page version in K&R2.)   
   >   
   > (There's a further 30Kloc of what looks like C library code. So is this   
   > a complete C compiler, or does it still only do declarations?)   
   >   
   > Regarding your example, my old C compiler (which is a fraction the size   
   > of this new Cdecl) 'explains' it as:   
   >   
   >    'ref proc(int)ref proc()void'   
   >   
   > (Not quite English, more Algol68-ish.)   
   >   
      
   This algorithm can be done is ~300 lines.. it is present at the c   
   programming language 2 edition.   
      
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