Documentation for the syntax of LinkDef files is missing

[eguiraud]

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Hi, I looked for documentation about the exact syntax of LinkDef files, including the meaning of + and -, the special pragmas that can be used there (e.g. #pragma link off all globals;), how globbing works exactly (I know you can use ClassName::* but I don't know what the grammar rules are or whether I can do more complex globbing, etc.) and what entities are supported (I know #pragma link C++ class and #pragma link C++ namespace are a thing, not sure about others).

Places where I looked include doxygen, rootcling --help and the manual. The manual has some information at https://root.cern/manual/interacting_with_shared_libraries/#selecting-dictionary-entries-linkdefh but

1. it is under "ROOT macros and shared libraries", which in principle does not have anything to do with I/O and dictionaries. A more appropriate place might be "Adding a class to ROOT"
2. it does not provide the information mentioned above

[eguiraud]

Superseded by root-project/web#745

[github-actions]

Hi @eguiraud, @couet, @JohannesHentrich,

It appears this issue is closed, but wasn't yet added to a project. Please add upcoming versions that will include the fix, or 'not applicable' otherwise.

Sincerely,
🤖

[eguiraud]

The issue isn't fixed :) it was just moved to the web repo