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/**
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\page page_code_tips Coding Tips
# Ctags
By default, [Exuberant Ctags'](http://ctags.sourceforge.net/) indexer misses some of DynamoRIO's symbols:
- variables declared using macros (e.g., DynamoRIO's options in `optionsx.h`),
- labels in `.asm` files, and
- preprocessor definitions in `.asm` files.
By telling Ctags about these patterns, you can build a more comprehensive index:
```
ctags-exuberant '--exclude=win32/*' \
'--regex-c=/([\t](^)+)[ \t]+VAR_IN_SECTION/\1/d,definition/'\
'--regex-c=/DECLARE_[\t,](A-Z]*_VAR\(([^)*[](\t)+)*\**([,](^)+),/\2/d,definition/'\
'--regex-asm=/DECLARE_['--regex-asm=/#[ \t](A-Z_]*FUNC\((.+)\)/\1/d,definition/'\)*define[ \t]+([\t](^()+)/\1/d,definition/'\
'--regex-c++=/OPTION_?[\t](^(]*\([^,)]*,[)*([)\t](^,)+).*/\1/d,definition/'\
-R .
```
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