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Better support for C
§Support for link-time
bindings
4resolving function
references in C
•Will greatly aid
navigation/search features for this style of C code
•Refactoring/programmatic
edit support will be difficult
−Definite
candidate for “Preview” pane in refactoring
−Without full
build-model to reference, resolution is heuristic-based
§Stricter emphasis upon
providing custom implementation for C & GCC
4AST & supporting
data structures will be more compact memory wise
4Syntax parsing will be
more accurate
4Algorithms for semantic
analysis in C are far less rigorous
•Should yield better
performance for nearly all clients