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cdecl: C gibberish to English

cdecl: C gibberish to English

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Convert C/C++ gibberish to English, and back again.
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Launch VS Code Quick Open (Ctrl+P), paste the following command, and press enter.
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vscode-cdecl

An extension to help you make sense of C gibberish, based off of the logic behind the excellent https://cdecl.org/.

Bug reports/suggestions/feedback welcome!

Features

  • Explain a C/C++ declaration or cast in plain English
  • Generate a C/C++ declaration or cast from plain English

See help.md or run the cdecl: Help command to learn more.

Known issues

  • C++-specific syntax might not be handled correctly. See #1

Release Notes

1.0.0

Initial release.

Hacking

All of the core logic is based off of a program called cdecl, which has existed in one form or another for around 20 years. The version included in this extension is available at wasabifan/cdecl-blocks-js which is a lightly-modified fork of ridiculousfish/cdecl-blocks. The modifications included are to enable cdecl to be compiled into JavaScript using Emscripten for hosting within the extension. The "binary" cdecl engine is checked into this repo as out/cdecl.js and should not be modified manually.

Build and debug tasks will be picked up automatically after opening the repo in VSCode. You will need to run npm install once before building.

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