ctags ignore lists for libc6, libstdc++ and boost

Question

I use ctags with vim and the OmniCppComplete plugin. Currently when generating my tags I do it individually for each library. For libc6 I use the following list of tokens / macros in a file named libc6-ignore to ignore during processing:

__attribute__
__attribute_deprecated__
__attribute_format_arg__
__attribute_format_strfmon__
__attribute_malloc__
__attribute_noinline__
__attribute_pure__
__attribute_used__
__attribute_warn_unused_result__
__wur
__THROW
__nonnull+

Am I missing any other tokens I should be ignoring and should I be using this same list or a different one when generating tags for libstdc++ and boost?

For anyone who's interested I use the following to generate my tag files:

# First make sure apt-file is install and then do:

$ sudo apt-file update

# set up tags for libc, the standard C library

$ apt-file list libc6-dev | grep -o '/usr/include/.*\.h'> ~/.vim/tags/libc6-filelist
$ ctags --sort=foldcase --c++-kinds=+p --fields=+iaS --extra=+q -I./libc6-ignore -f ~/.vim/tags/libc6 -L ~/.vim/tags/libc6-filelist 

# create tags for stdlibc++ and STL

$ apt-file list libstdc++6-4.4-dev | grep -E -o '/usr/include/.*\.(h|hpp)' > ~/.vim/tags/stdlibcpp-filelist
$ ctags --sort=foldcase -R --c++-kinds=+p --fields=+iaS --extra=+q -f ~/.vim/tags/stdlibcpp -L ~/.vim/tags/stdlibcpp-filelist

# For Boost

$ apt-file list boost | grep -E -o '/usr/include/.*\.(h|hpp)' | grep -v '/usr/include/boost/typeof/' > ~/.vim/tags/boost-filelist
$ ctags --sort=foldcase --c++-kinds=+p --fields=+iaS --extra=+q -f ~/.vim/tags/boost -L ~/.vim/tags/boost-filelist 

Answer 1

You can also use the modified libstdc++ library:

http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2358

This contains a stripped version of the C++ header files which works for ctags.

I made a Python script that extracts all tags beginning with an underscore from a tags file. You can choose with this script which tags to exclude. Feel free to tailor the script to meet your needs or suggest anything else:

import re

tags=open('tags','r')
output=open('exclude','w')
regex=re.compile('^_[a-zA-Z0-9_]*')
results=set()

for line in tags:
    result=regex.match(line)
    if(result!=None):
        results.add(result.group(0))

tags.close()

for element in sorted(results):
    output.write('{0}\n'.format(element))

output.close()

Answer 2

I have followed those instructions and I am able to get all boost boost references working i.e.

#include <iostream>

I can jump directly to iostream

However what I am still missing is to go to for example

#include <stdio.h>

Although in my generate script I have included as you mentioned i.e.

$ apt-file list libc6-dev | grep -o '/usr/include/.*\.h'> ~/.vim/tags/libc6-filelist
$ ctags --sort=foldcase --c++-kinds=+p --fields=+iaS --extra=+q -I./libc6-ignore -f ~/.vim/tags/libc6 -L ~/.vim/tags/libc6-filelist 

After i generate the tag "libc6" file whenever I try to go to stdio.h it is saying “E426: tag not found: stdlib”.

Here is what I have included additionally to my .vimrc in order to make all those 3 tag files visible.

set tags+=~/.vim/tags/boost
set tags+=~/.vim/tags/libc6
set tags+=~/.vim/tags/stdlibcpp

I am not an expert however I can say that this worked somehow for boost but not for libc6-dev. Can someone assist me with the solution

here is the same code as above

sudo apt-file update

# set up tags for libc, the standard C library

apt-file list libc6-dev | grep -o '/usr/include/.*\.h'> ~/.vim/tags/libc6-filelist
ctags --sort=foldcase --c++-kinds=+p --fields=+iaS --extra=+q -I./libc6-ignore -f ~/.vim/tags/libc6 -L ~/.vim/tags/libc6-filelist

apt-file list libstdc++6-4.6-dev | grep -E -o '/usr/include/.*\.(h|hpp)' >> ~/.vim/tags/stdlibcpp-filelist
ctags --sort=foldcase -R --c++-kinds=+p --fields=+iaS --extra=+q -f ~/.vim/tags/stdlibcpp -L ~/.vim/tags/stdlibcpp-filelist

# For Boost
apt-file list boost | grep -E -o '/usr/include/.*\.(h|hpp)' | grep -v '/usr/include/boost/typeof/' > ~/.vim/tags/boost-filelist
ctags --sort=foldcase --c++-kinds=+p --fields=+iaS --extra=+q -f ~/.vim/tags/boost -L ~/.vim/tags/boost-filelist