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

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Message #38 received at 36678 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
Cc: spacibba <at> aol.com, 36678 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, psmith <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36678: 27.0.50;
 imenu not working in C++ (maybe because of namespace)
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2019 22:56:19 -0400

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  > CC Mode has had imenu type indexing right from its inception.  What is
  > changing is the increasing complexity of function definitions, in
  > particular, the slow demise of the convention of function names being in
  > column zero.

Why is that happening?  Is there a practical benefit, or is it just
a matter of fashion, or what?

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Dr Richard Stallman
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