eXtra C Comments (XCC) Format

Benoît Dupont de Dinechin
Abstract

Discussion of the eXtended C Comments (XCC) format used for C development.

1. Purpose of XCC

The eXtended C Comments (XCC) source file format is a C source file format where block of text starting with /*XCC or //XCC are processed in a special way. Processing is performed by the xccgen program available as part of the [CDT index.html] package. The purpose of the XCC format is:

1.1. Source Code Distribution

Assume a file named MyFile.xcc

1.2. Structure Interpretation

1.3. Code Documentation

2. Common XCC Idioms

2.1. Multiple XCC Source Files

2.2. Manual Accessors and Mutators

2.3. Include Files and Test Code