from util import hook from pycparser.cdecl import explain_c_declaration @hook.command('explain') def explain(inp): '''.explain char *(*(**foo[][8])())[]; -- returns : foo is a array of array[8] of pointer to pointer to function() returning pointer to array of pointer to char ''' if not inp: return "" try: result = explain_c_declaration(inp.rstrip()) except e: result = str(e) return result