[Development] qdoc help needed: it isn't seeing a function that is clearly there

[Volker Hilsheimer]

> On 25 Jul 2022, at 21:27, Thiago Macieira <thiago.macieira at intel.com> wrote:
> 
> In https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/422690
> Build: 
> https://testresults.qt.io/coin/integration/qt/qtbase/tasks/1658767511
> 
> /home/qt/work/qt/qtbase/src/corelib/kernel/qmetatype.cpp:3032: (qdoc) warning: 
> clang couldn't find function when parsing \fn int qRegisterMetaType(QMetaType 
> meta)
> 
> The function exists because it's unit-tested and compiled. Why can't qdoc see 
> it? It's a hidden friend, but that's valid C++ and clang should see it.

Hi Thiago,

In clang’s AST, hidden friends are placed like class member functions, so they have to be documented like class members, e.g.

\fn int QMetaType::qRegisterMetaType(QMetaType meta)

This is misleading in this case, and outright invalid C++ in case of operators as hidden friends, but it works with the latter, and I expect it will make it work with this as well.


Volker