[Github-comments] [geany/geany] Sync ctags main part (#1263)

[Jiří Techet]

>> isIgnoreToken() works differently than in uctags.

> Does it? Isn't just the API different?

One difference is in how isIgnoreToken() is used in c.c. In uctags parsers (or c.c in particular) don't call this function at all - this function is just called in main and based on it some tags are filtered-out. However, in Geany's c.c this function helps to the parser to determine what to do - if the ignored token is e.g. a macro with parameters, everything is skipped until ")".

This also translates to the ignore file format - in the Geany version there's the "+" which indicates that parentheses should be skipped and "=" which specifies with what the token should be replaced. There's nothing like that in uctags.

Personally I'd be for removing this functionality as if we want to preserve it, we'd have to add it to the new cpp uctags parser which doesn't use this. As I said, I don't use the ignored file myself so I'm not the right guy to ask whether it's something important for others.

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