This patch adds a forward declaraiton of DynTypedNode.
DumpAST.h is relying on the forward declaration of DynTypedNode in
ASTContext.h, which is undesirable.
If no range is given, return the translation unit AST.
This is useful for tooling operations that require e.g. the full path to
a node.
Reviewed By: sammccall
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D101057
This is a mass-market version of the "dump AST" tweak we have behind
-hidden-features.
I think in this friendlier form it'll be useful for people outside clang
developers, which would justify making it a real feature.
It could be useful as a step towards lightweight clang-AST tooling in clangd
itself (like matcher-based search).
Advantages over the tweak:
- simplified information makes it more accessible, likely somewhat useful
without learning too much clang internals
- can be shown in a tree view
- structured information gives some options for presentation (e.g.
icon + two text colors + tooltip in vscode)
- clickable nodes jump to the corresponding code
Disadvantages:
- a bunch of code to handle different node types
- likely missing some important info vs dump-ast due to brevity/oversight
- may end up chasing/maintaining support for the long tail of nodes
Demo with VSCode support: https://imgur.com/a/6gKfyIV
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D89571
