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C declaration intepreter from Expert C Programming
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#define MAXTOKENS 100
#define MAXTOKENLEN 64
enum type_tag { IDENTIFIER, QUALIFIER, TYPE };
struct token
{
char type;
char string[MAXTOKENLEN];
};
int top = -1;
struct token stack[MAXTOKENS];
struct token this;
#define pop stack[top--]
#define push(s) stack[++top] = s
enum type_tag classify_string(void)
{
char *s = this.string;
if(!strcmp(s, "const"))
{
strcpy(s, "read-only");
return QUALIFIER;
}
if(!strcmp(s, "volatile")) return QUALIFIER;
if(!strcmp(s, "void")) return TYPE;
if(!strcmp(s, "char")) return TYPE;
if(!strcmp(s, "signed")) return TYPE;
if(!strcmp(s, "unsigned")) return TYPE;
if(!strcmp(s, "short")) return TYPE;
if(!strcmp(s, "int")) return TYPE;
if(!strcmp(s, "long")) return TYPE;
if(!strcmp(s, "float")) return TYPE;
if(!strcmp(s, "double")) return TYPE;
if(!strcmp(s, "struct")) return TYPE;
if(!strcmp(s, "union")) return TYPE;
if(!strcmp(s, "enum")) return TYPE;
return IDENTIFIER;
}
void gettoken(void)
{
char *p = this.string;
while((*p = getchar()) == ' ');
if(isalnum(*p))
{
while(isalnum(*++p = getchar()));
ungetc(*p, stdin);
*p = '\0';
this.type = classify_string();
return;
}
if(*p == '*')
{
strcpy(this.string, "pointer to");
this.type = '*';
return;
}
this.string[1] = '\0';
this.type = *p;
return;
}
void read_to_first_identifer(void)
{
gettoken();
while(this.type != IDENTIFIER)
{
push(this);
gettoken();
}
printf("%s is ", this.string);
gettoken();
}
void deal_with_arrays(void)
{
while(this.type == '[')
{
printf("array ");
gettoken();
if(isdigit(this.string[0]))
{
printf("0..%d ", atoi(this.string) -1);
gettoken();
}
gettoken();
printf("of ");
}
}
void deal_with_function_args(void)
{
while(this.type != ')')
{
gettoken();
}
gettoken();
printf("function returning ");
}
void deal_with_pointers(void)
{
while(stack[top].type == '*')
{
printf("%s ", pop.string);
}
}
void deal_with_declarator(void)
{
switch(this.type)
{
case '[': deal_with_arrays(); break;
case '(': deal_with_function_args(); break;
}
deal_with_pointers();
while(top >= 0)
{
if(stack[top].type == '(')
{
pop;
gettoken();
deal_with_declarator();
}
else
{
printf("%s ", pop.string);
}
}
}
int main(int argc, char const *argv[])
{
read_to_first_identifer();
deal_with_declarator();
printf("\n");
return 0;
}
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