examples/dump_ast.py

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# pycparser: dump_ast.py
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# Basic example of parsing a file and dumping its parsed AST.
#
# Eli Bendersky [http://eli.thegreenplace.net]
# License: BSD
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from __future__ import print_function
import argparse
import sys

# This is not required if you've installed pycparser into
# your site-packages/ with setup.py
sys.path.extend(['.', '..'])

from pycparser import c_parser, c_ast, parse_file

if __name__ == "__main__":
    argparser = argparse.ArgumentParser('Dump AST')
    argparser.add_argument('filename', help='name of file to parse')
    args = argparser.parse_args()

    ast = parse_file(args.filename, use_cpp=False)
    ast.show()