GNU bug report logs - #36678
27.0.50; imenu not working in C++ (maybe because of namespace)

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: psmith <at> gnu.org
Cc: acm <at> muc.de, spacibba <at> aol.com, 36678 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36678: 27.0.50;
 imenu not working in C++ (maybe because of namespace)
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 22:25:27 -0400

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  > The future (again IMO) for indexing and code introspection is in LSP:
  > there are very good LSP servers for C++ that are free (I use ccls
  > personally) and there are also very good LSP clients for Emacs (I use
  > lsp-mode).

Using a server to do your ocmputing job is bad for your freedom
(unless it's your own server).  We call it Service as a Software Substitute
(https://gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.html).

Since you don't control the code running someone else's service.  it
is never "free" the way a program can be free.  It's not a solution,
it's a problem.

  >   And of course there are LSP servers for many languages
  > which can all be used with the same LSP client.  Since the servers are
  > external (ccls is based on clang)

That is not a moral issue but it is something we don't want to support.
Let's make GNU Emacs do a better job of this.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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