Proof of concept for generating debug print operators from classes defined in header. Parsing C++ is difficult, so instead we get around that by making Doxygen do it for us. The resultant XML file is used by the python script to autogenerate the include/generated_debug_operators.hpp file.

Building and Running

Run make and then run ./debug_app.

Example

Currently the repo is set to generate the header

#pragma once
#include <ostream>
#include "person.hpp"

inline std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const Person& obj)
{
    os << "Person{";
    os << "age=" << obj.age;
    os << ", name=" << obj.name;
    os << ", height=" << obj.height;
    os << "}";
    return os;
}

from the classes defined in the project (which is just Person).