Header with C++ namespace declarations is wrongly identified as C

[gsauthof]

This search

https://github.com/gsauthof/imapdl/search?l=c

lists lex_util.h - which clearly is C++ - because it has some C++ specific constructs, e.g.

#include <ostream>

(C++ STL header)

or

std::ostream

(namespace usage in a argument declaration)

[pchaigno]

The kind of specific constructs you mentioned could be handled with heuristics.
#1036 adds a few of them to distinguish C, C++ and C#. Maybe it could include this case.
@DX-MON Any insights?

[dragonmux]

Looks like my pull request is being benchmarked now so we should see it merged shortly.. my heuristics would find your use of STL and mark the code as C++ and likewise any header that defines a class or such.. as long as that header contains no Obj-C specific markup. To be sure, though, I may well add an extra heuristic to my pull request that handles std:: being present and automatically handling that as C++.

[pchaigno]

To be sure, though, I may well add an extra heuristic to my pull request that handles std:: being present and automatically handling that as C++.

That would be good. I tested your PR on the file and currently it is still recognized as C :/ (unless I missed something...).

[bkeepers]

We're tracking progress for this fix in #1626.