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/*!
    \example xmlpatterns/xquery/globalVariables
    \title C++ Source Code Analyzer Example

    The C++ source code analyzer example shows how to
    write a real world XQuery query.

    \section1 Overview

    Sometimes it is of use to analyze C++ code, in order to find
    common mistakes & patterns. For that one can use search & text
    utilites like \c grep on UNIX, or try to write ones own C++ parser
    and subsequently do search there.

    But what if there were a simpler but still as correct approach?

    g++, the open source C++ compiler, has an extension called GCC-XML that
    outputs the declarations in a compilation unit(a C++ file) in XML. Since
    that "C++ to XML" conversion is done with GCC itself, it means the parsing
    of the C++ code is done with one of the best C++ parsers on this planet.

    Once the C++ is in XML, a query can swiftly navigate it to
    produce a report.

    \section1 Global variables

    Usually one wants to avoid global mutable variables in C++, since they have
    a state globally and therefore often is a source to bugs, especially related
    to threading. 

    For instance, in globals.cpp, the global, mutable integers as
    well as the global class instances should preferrably be avoided:

    \quotefromfile examples/xmlpatterns/xquery/globalVariables/globals.cpp
    \printuntil

 */
