--disable-qualifiers-hints flag

m2c/main.py

@@ -428,6 +428,12 @@ def parse_flags(flags: List[str]) -> Options:
         default=52,
         help="Column number to justify comments to. Set to 0 to disable justification. Default: 52",
     )
+    group.add_argument(
+        "--no-qualifiers-hints",
+        dest="no_qualifiers_hints",
+        action="store_true",
+        help="Turns off qualifiers hints for functions and variables. externs qualifiers for data are not disabled by this flag",
+    )
     group.add_argument(
         "--no-casts",
         dest="skip_casts",
@@ -577,6 +583,7 @@ def parse_flags(flags: List[str]) -> Options:
         hex_case=args.hex_case,
         comment_style=args.comment_style,
         comment_column=args.comment_column,
+        no_qualifiers_hints=args.no_qualifiers_hints,
     )
 
     functions: List[Union[int, str]] = []

m2c/options.py

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ class CommentStyle(ChoicesEnum):
     hex_case: bool
     comment_style: CommentStyle
     comment_column: int
+    no_qualifiers_hints: bool
 
 
 @dataclass
@@ -161,6 +162,7 @@ def formatter(self) -> "Formatter":
     hex_case=False,
     comment_style=CodingStyle.CommentStyle.MULTILINE,
     comment_column=52,
+    no_qualifiers_hints=False,
 )
 
 

m2c/translate.py

@@ -4113,15 +4113,16 @@ def global_decls(
                 comments = []
 
                 # Determine type qualifier: static, extern, or neither
-                if is_in_file and is_global:
+                if not is_in_file:
+                    qualifier = "extern"
+                elif is_in_file and is_global:
                     qualifier = ""
-                elif is_in_file:
+                elif not fmt.coding_style.no_qualifiers_hints:
                     qualifier = "static"
-                else:
-                    qualifier = "extern"
 
                 if sym.type.is_function():
-                    comments.append(qualifier)
+                    if not fmt.coding_style.no_qualifiers_hints:
+                        comments.append(qualifier)
                     qualifier = ""
 
                 # Try to guess if the symbol is an array (and if it is, its dimension) if