bug#38511: etags seems to be confused by macros

[Skip Montanaro]

I use speedbar in Emacs, which relies on etags to generate tag files.
The Python source defines a macro named Py_LOCAL_INLINE, which is used
to select the appropriate spelling of "static inline":

#if defined(_MSC_VER)
...
#  define Py_LOCAL_INLINE(type) static __inline type __fastcall
#else
...
#  define Py_LOCAL_INLINE(type) static inline type
#endif

It's used like so:

Py_LOCAL_INLINE(void)
stackdepth_push(basicblock ***sp, basicblock *b, int depth)
{
    assert(b->b_startdepth < 0 || b->b_startdepth == depth);
    if (b->b_startdepth < depth && b->b_startdepth < 100) {
        assert(b->b_startdepth < 0);
        b->b_startdepth = depth;
        *(*sp)++ = b;
    }
}

It all works well. Etags though, thinks the file contains a function
named "Py_LOCAL_INLINE" and completely misses the actual function,
"stackdepth_push".

Seems like a bug to me, but it's not obvious if there is a trivial
fix. As a workaround, I think I can write a little shell script which
effectively expands the Py_LOCAL_INLINE macro, then pumps the result
to etags. Still, would be kind of nice if this could be fixed.

Thanks,

Skip Montanaro