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Utility to analyse C source code

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  • 24-11-1999 2:43pm
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    Registered Users Posts: 16,412 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi guys.

    I'm looking for a utility which does the opposite to the "Rational Rose" tool.

    I need to give it a project (couple of C src/hdrs/makefiles) and get it to give me a control flow diagram/design spec or something similar.

    (Rational Rose takes a design-spec from you and generates appropriate C/C++ code).

    Some background so you see where I'm coming from: the objective to to port an RPC server project from the mainframe to a local POSIX environment.

    However, major headaches are caused by the fact that whoever wrote it did neither of (a) create Design Docs, (b) comment their code[1]. This is causing a lot of hassle since the code is quite complex. There's no option to throw it back at them either (boy would I enjoy that).

    Anyone got any ideas?

    Thanks,

    Alastair.


    1. Do the words "job security" have any relevance here? smile.gif


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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,494 ✭✭✭kayos


    If I remember right you should be able to reverse engineer the project to give you what you want. I haven't used Rose but I know most of the UML packages allow reverse engineering.

    KaYoS


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