Learning BIRD source

[Toke Høiland-Jørgensen]

Brian Topping <brian.topping at gmail.com> writes:

> Developer team:
>
> I’d like to get better with the source. Due to being an inferior
> specimen and/or too many other projects, I need help from tools like
> CLion to make sense of source trees within weeks instead of years.
>
> Are others working on BIRD source within IDEs? I know "real
> programmers use vim and emacs”, etc, but please refer to previous
> paragraph in that case… For all it matters, I am not a bush league
> developer, I have written code using bison and flex and am super
> stoked to get my hands dirty here.
>
> One option that presents itself to me is converting the build from
> Autotools to CMake. That’s sure to make someone’s blood boil. But if
> not (or there is a similarly worthy tool folks would accept), would
> such a transition be PR-worthy? Because it’s declarative vs.
> procedural, CMake is possible for IDEs to ingest and make sensible
> semantic presentations with. That leads to better productivity and
> more possible contributors in the long run.
>
> I’m just poking the bear here with ideas and being as lazy as
> possible, but not afraid of the work at the same time.
>
> Grateful for any and all ideas! B


I'd suggest starting with 'make tags' or 'make cscope' - I tend to
prefer the latter; will probably depend on what your IDE supports,
though :)

-Toke