gcc-python-plugin is a plugin for GCC 4.6 onwards which embeds the
CPython interpreter within GCC, allowing you to write new compiler
warnings in Python, generate code visualizations, etc.
It ships with "gcc-with-cpychecker", which implements static analysis
passes for GCC aimed at finding bugs in CPython extensions. In
particular, it can automatically detect reference-counting errors:
http://gcc-python-plugin.readthedocs.org/en/latest/cpychecker.html
This release adds support for GCC 6.
Additionally, this release contains the following improvements
contributed by Tom Tromey (thanks Tom):
- document gcc.PLUGIN_FINISH_TYPE
- document gcc.EnumeralType; add ‘values’ attribute
- add unqualified_equivalent to gcc.Type subclasses
- preserve qualifiers when adding more qualifiers
- fix include for gcc 4.9.2
- handle variadic function types
Tarball releases are available at:
https://fedorahosted.org/releases/g/c/gcc-python-plugin/
Prebuilt-documentation can be seen at:
http://gcc-python-plugin.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html
The project's homepage is:
https://fedorahosted.org/gcc-python-plugin/
The plugin and checker are Free Software, licensed under the GPLv3 or
later.
Enjoy!
Dave Malcolm