GNU bug report logs - #20629
25.0.50; Regression: TAGS broken, can't find anything in C++ files.

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Reported by: "Jan D." <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>

Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 05:59:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.0.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 20629 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#20629: 25.0.50; Regression: TAGS broken, can't find anything in C++ files.
Date: Sat, 30 May 2015 20:46:37 +0300

On 05/30/2015 07:37 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> Won't TAGS file with 2 entries for such symbols facilitate more
> correct operation, both from xref-find-definitions and completion?

I suppose. But that's a separate decision, whether to make it the default.

> Then how will you find or complete on "foo" when the explicit tag is
> "XX::foo"?

I'd like to repeat that the current choice is between having only 
unqualified method names in explicit tags, or having both qualified and 
unqualified method names (2 entries per line).

Having only a qualified entry is not a situation we're going to handle.
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