Most effective way to parse C-like definition strings?

Question

I\'ve got a set of function definitions written in a C-like language with some additional keywords that can be put before some arguments(the same way as \"unsigned\" or \"re

Answer 1

ANTLR is commonly used (as are Lex\Yacc).

ANTLR, ANother Tool for Language Recognition, is a language tool that provides a framework for constructing recognizers, interpreters, compilers, and translators from grammatical descriptions containing actions in a variety of target languages.