Show HN: Cdecl-dump - represent C declarations visually

Published: (December 7, 2025 at 07:26 PM EST)
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Source: Hacker News

Overview

A small tool that parses C declarations and outputs a simple visual representation at each stage, as it encounters arrays, pointers or functions.

The program uses a table‑driven lexer and a hand‑written, shift‑reduce parser. No external dependencies apart from the standard library.

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