Re: IDE

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Andreas Schwab <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden,  address@hidden
> Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 18:39:17 +0100
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> >> From: Andreas Schwab <address@hidden>
> >> Cc: address@hidden,  address@hidden
> >> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2015 22:14:41 +0100
> >> 
> >> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
> >> 
> >> > If they do, they will not be able to distinguish between the
> >> > definition and the references.  All the values are equal.
> >> 
> >> A TAGS file does not know anything.  It is just an index, whose
> >> interpretation is up to the application.
> >
> > The application just interprets what's in the file.  If the file
> > doesn't provide any indication that one of the entries is a
> > definition, the application will not know which one is.
> 
> There are producers and consumers.  They just have to agree on the
> format.

I was talking about the _existing_ format.  It goes without saying
that it can be (almost trivially) extended to support additional
functionality.  But then it won't be TAGS format, strictly speaking.