Re: IDE

[Andreas Schwab]

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.

Andreas.

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