[Qt-creator] RFC: solving the problem of symbol partition to arbitrary files

[André Pönitz]

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 09:56:01PM -0400, Cristian Tibirna wrote:
> I can understand why these functionalities fail: the symbol resolution is 
> based on the actual parsing of the full unfolding of the current file. Since 
> an .icc lacks (and doesn't need) an #include of the corresponding .h file, 
> this mechanism fails.
> 
> Unfortunately I know very little of the current parsing code (or the llvm-
> based alternative for what matters).
> 
> Thus my question: is this a known issue?

Yes.

> (in fact, I know it should be, I 
> reported it in QTCREATORBUG-2309). Does somebody have an idea for the actual 
> reasons and (mercifully) for eventual solutions?

I guess one could check the project for files with #include "your.icc"
and if there's exactly one, parse the .icc as if all the preceding
parts hat been included in the icc instead.

Andre'