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

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Package: emacs;

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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Message #50 received at 20629 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se, 20629 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#20629: 25.0.50;
 Regression: TAGS broken, can't find anything in C++ files.
Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 05:35:48 +0300

> Cc: 20629 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
> Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 00:17:41 +0300
> 
> I think it's unfortunate that we can't keep the precision, and at the 
> same time have tags-completion-table return the qualified names (try C-u 
> M-. TAB).

Given the structure of TAGS and the way xref picks up the symbol at
point, what else can we do?  Can you suggest how this could work
better even in principle?  Does any other version of ctags produce
better results with the same structure of TAGS?
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