Re: Tool to rename a GObject written in C?

[Nirbheek Chauhan <nirbheek chauhan gmail com>]

Hi Sébastien,

On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 10:52 PM, Sébastien Wilmet <swilmet gnome org> wrote:
> Renaming a GObject written in C can be done with some sed substitutions,
> but after that the indentation is broken.
>
> Do you know a tool to rename a GObject while still keeping a good
> indentation and coding style?

A few years ago, LWN did some coverage of a semantic
patching/indentation project for C called Coccinelle:

http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/documentation.php
https://lwn.net/Articles/315686/
https://lwn.net/Articles/380835/

I think this does exactly what you are looking for (and more).

Cheers,
Nirbheek

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~Nirbheek Chauhan