1774557 - Search for IDL constant fails to find many uses of the constant

Status: NEW

(Webtools :: Searchfox, defect)

Description

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

1. Visit nsIAboutModule.idl
2. Click on MAKE_LINKABLE and select "Search for IDL constant MAKE_LINKABLE".
3. Observe that the results generated show nothing from docshell/base/nsAboutRedirector.cpp or anything from any C++ files.

It loads this page: https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/search?q=symbol:%23MAKE_LINKABLE&redirect=false. But these results should also be listed: https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/search?q=symbol:E_%3CT_50af15572edc9286%3E_MAKE_LINKABLE%2CE_%3CT_5cad6939e2a1ae%3E_MAKE_LINKABLE%2CE_%3CT_ae5acb2271a59422%3E_MAKE_LINKABLE%2CE_%3CT_5fe181341715e34c%3E_MAKE_LINKABLE&redirect=false

Comment 1

[Andrew Sutherland [:asuth] (he/him)]

There's a (recently discovered) bit-rotted patch for this on bug 1761689; marking this as dependent on that bug rather than duping because this bug nicely characterizes the problem! I'm happy to help mentor the bug(s)!