Parse d source file by using compiler

[Rikki Cattermole via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On 09/11/15 6:49 PM, tcak wrote:
> I checked for a flag in this page http://dlang.org/dmd-linux.html , but
> couldn't have found any for this purpose.
>
> Is there a way to parse a d source file so it generates a tree in JSON,
> XML, or something-that-can-be-processed-easily file format?
>
> ---
>
> My real purpose:
>
> I need to generate hash code (e.g. MD5) for a part of source code (let's
> say a class, struct, or a function). So whether the codes are changed or
> not can be detected. As you will guess, comments, text formatting etc.
> shouldn't affect the hash result.
>
>
> Use-Case:
>
> I am writing a code generator/back up system. It will check the last
> available code file. If important changes are done in a specific part of
> code, it will increase version number by 1.

There is a json output, but it hasn't been all that maintained.
Use something like DScanner, instead.