[GCC-XML] function argument names

[Brad King]

Ryan O'Hara wrote:
> Hello all,
>     I am writing an application that requires function argument names,
> but have found out that gccxml does not always output them.  After
> doing some research, I found the explanation from this email
> (http://public.kitware.com/pipermail/gccxml/2002-May/000065.html on
> the mailing list.  If I could have some further clarification, it
> would be greatly appreciated.
> 
>     In the the email, it is stated that because of the ambiguity of
> the function declarations the names are thrown away.  This does not
> make sense to me because any of the names may be used so that a
> potentially valid name is thrown away.  There are several possible
> solutions:
>   a) gccxml outputs all function argument names
>   b) gccxml chooses the first or last name declared
>   c) let the user decide which name is chosen
> Is there some option to do this? If not can this be done (I am willing
> to implement the necessary features with a point in the right
> direction)?

This has been fixed in the CVS version thanks to a user's patch:

http://public.kitware.com/pipermail/gccxml/2005-April/000581.html
http://www.gccxml.org/Bug/bug.php?op=show&bugid=1811&pos=2

-Brad