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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: Kernel developers
From:       almesber () lrc ! di ! epfl ! ch
Date:       2000-02-18 14:17:33
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Petko Manolov wrote:
> Looks good for code browsing. There is something similar at:
> 
> http://lxr.linux.no/

BTW, it would be a quite worthwhile project for somebody with a bit
of spare time at their hands to write such a browser that:

 - is fast
 - knows about types and how to follow function pointers
   (e.g. that can trace foo->send() to the right set of "send"s)
 - allows navigation in views (e.g. "show all callers of xyzzy",
   then walk over the list of callers to pick the right one)
 - has some concept of additional attributes, e.g. "may sleep",
   "grabs a lock", etc.
 - can look inside macros

The navigation should be a bit like with mutt, when you go by arrival
(o u) to check recent stuff, then jump to threads (o t), and finally
end up checking if the author of a particular message has said more
interesting things in the past (o f).

- Werner (no, I don't have the time ;-)

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