sparse: A semantic parser of source files1

Sparse is a semantic parser of source files. It's neither a compiler (although it could be used as a front-end for one) nor a preprocessor (although it contains a preprocessing phase). It is meant to be a small, simple, easy to use library. Its function is to create a semantic parse tree for some arbitrary user for further analysis. It's not a tokenizer, nor is it a generic context-free parser. Context (semantics) is what it's all about: figuring out not just what the grouping of tokens are, but what the types are that the grouping implies.

... part of T2, get it here

URL: https://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/josh/sparse/

Author: Linus Torvalds
Maintainer: Rene Rebe <rene [at] t2-project [dot] org>

License: OpenSource
Status: Beta
Version: 0.6.4

Remark: Does cross compile (as setup and patched in T2).

Download: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/devel/sparse/sparse.git/snapshot/ sparse-0.6.4.tar.gz

T2 source: sparse.cache
T2 source: sparse.desc

Build time (on reference hardware): 5% (relative to binutils)2

Installed size (on reference hardware): 0.89 MB, 29 files

Dependencies (build time detected): 00-dirtree binutils coreutils diffutils findutils gawk grep libxml linux-header make pkgconfig sed sysfiles tar udev zlib

Installed files (on reference hardware): [show]

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2) Compatible with Linux From Scratch's "Standard Build Unit" (SBU).