GNU bug report logs - #76322
Make ctags a thin wrapper around etags

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Message #84 received at 76322 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, rms <at> gnu.org,
 Dmitry Gutov <dmitry <at> gutov.dev>
Cc: 76322 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, eliz <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#76322: Make ctags a thin wrapper around etags
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 01:48:07 -0700

Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> writes:

> On 2025-03-11 21:26, Richard Stallman wrote:
>> Can you summarize the important differences between this and our ctags?
>> Can you summarize the important differences between this and etags?
>
> No. And as I haven't used ctags or etags (of any flavor) for decades, I
> would not be a good choice to investigate details.

Two important differences:
- Exuberant Ctags supports 160 languages, while our ctags supports 30.
- Exuberant Ctags has much better support for new language features.

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