Hi Ian,
Ian Lance Taylor <[email protected]> writes:
> As far as I know this is not possible. A typedef name is just an alias
> for the underlying type. When you typedef T as TNAME, where T is itself
> a typedef, GCC records that TNAME is a name for the underlying type of
> T. It does not record an equivalence of T and TNAME. The C/C++
> language do not require GCC to keep track of this information, and it's
> simpler for the frontend to just maintain a list.
Yes, that's what I suspect. Which is unfortunate since GCC already creates
all the nodes. All that is left is to establish a link between two types.
While this is not necessary for C/C++ compilation, it could be useful for
other tools that can now be built with the GCC plugin architecture.
Thanks,
Boris
