From: cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net   
      
   In article ,   
   Dave Froble   wrote:   
   >> [snip] These are   
   >> just examples of a handful that have _some_ language awareness.   
   >   
   >I don't know compilers, but, I'd think a compiler might have the best idea of   
   >the statements, output code, and such.  Perhaps they just aren't set up to   
   tell us?   
      
   As with all things, "it depends."  Consider C, for exmaples; IF   
   a C compiler has a separate preprocessor, then presumably the   
   compiler's frontend (which is in the best position to count,   
   e.g., statements/expressions or otherwise compute the cyclotomic   
   complexity of a program) would end up counting a lot of stuff   
   from headers, since those have already been expanded.  Multiply   
   by number of files, and you may have something that's wildly   
   off.   
      
   Something that attempts to tokenize without expanding headers   
   may fare better.   
      
   	- Dan C.   
      
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