Glean: C++ Code Indexing at Meta - Michael Park - C++Now 2024

https://www.cppnow.org --- Glean: C++ Code Indexing at Meta - Michael Park - C++Now 2024 --- Code indexing is an important technology the powers many essential developer tools. Code navigation in IDEs, to symbol search, to semantic analysis tools such as dead code elimination, etc. Glean is a system built at Meta to accurately index multiple languages of very large codebases. This includes the very large C++ codebase at Meta, but also the build system (Buck2) definitions, and the RPC protocol (Thrift) definitions which we can tie together to get an understanding of the full codebase. This talk will focus on the the intricacies of indexing C++ itself, such as collecting accurate information of macro definitions and their usage. --- Slides: https://github.com/boostcon/cppnow_pr... --- Michael Park Michael is a Software Engineer at Meta, working on developer productivity efforts. He has been working on a C++ code indexer for Glean, a system for collecting, deriving and querying facts about source code. --- C++Now 2025 - 28th April - 2nd May C++Now is an annual onsite international C++ programming and coding conference held in Aspen, Colarado. For all C++ developers, C++ software engineers and those involved with the C++ language, CppNow provides an indepth and technical content provided by the best and brightest C++ experts of the C++ world. Annual CppNow Conference - https://www.cppnow.org   / cppnow     / cppnow     / cppnow     / cppnow   https://mastodon.social/@cppnow think-cell develops one of the world’s leading PowerPoint applications, with C++ at the core of everything we build, from layout algorithms to deep integration with Microsoft Office. Interested in working on challenging C++ problems with real-world impact? Explore our open roles: https://www.think-cell.com/en/career/... --- Videos Filmed & Edited By Bash Films: https://bashfilms.com/ YouTube Channel Managed & Optimized By Digital Medium Ltd: https://events.digital-medium.co.uk --- #boost #cpp #softwareengineering #meta #cppprogramming