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Comments for task tags such as `TODO` and `FIXME` in assembly code are not listed in the Tasks view.
Task tags for the Tasks view are extracted by the C/C++ indexer but the indexer doesn't read assembly files.
(In reply to Sergey Prigogin from comment #1) > Task tags for the Tasks view are extracted by the C/C++ indexer but the > indexer doesn't read assembly files. Nathan Ridge suggested to open a separate bug for the support of task tags in assembly code. Please see Bug 507285.
I had a look at how handling of task tags is implemented. It turns out that the mechanism used to syntax-color them is completely different from the mechanism used to populate the Tasks view. - Syntax coloring is based on CCodeScanner. It's the same mechanism that's used to syntax-color comments and preprocessor directives, and it works in both C/C++ and assembly files. - Extracting tasks to populate the Tasks view is done by parsing IASTComments from the AST, which only exists for C/C++ files, not assembly files. As a result, fixing this isn't just a matter of plumbing existing things together, like bug 507285 was.
The solution options that I can think of are: (1) Create an AST for assembly files, containing at least enough detail to have IASTComments (but not necessarily any more detail). Then use the existing mechanism of extracting task tags from IASTComments for assembly files. (2) Implement a separate mechanism, perhaps reusing CCodeScanner, for extracting task tags from assembly files, and use that in the indexer (while continuing to use the IASTComment method for C/C++ files). (3) Implement a mechanism for extracting task tags from either assembly or C/C++ files, that does not require an AST, perhaps reusing CCodeScanner, and use it for both types of files, discarding the existing IASTComment-based mechanism. I don't have any plans to work on this myself in the near future, but I would be happy to provide guidance to someone who would like to try.
