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Asked: May 16, 20262026-05-16T18:45:16+00:00 2026-05-16T18:45:16+00:00

I am programming a project in Objective-C and I have started to use Doxygen

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I am programming a project in Objective-C and I have started to use Doxygen to automatically generate documentation. A significant portion of the project contains basic C functions. Unfortunately Doxygen is not documenting C functions, only Objective-C classes and their methods. I have the functions defined in several header files like so:

BOOL myFunc(void);

Which I then have implemented in a .m.

Does Doxygen not detect straight C functions in Objective-C or is there an option I have to turn on? Is my function defined incorrectly for Doxygen?

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    2026-05-16T18:45:17+00:00Added an answer on May 16, 2026 at 6:45 pm

    Doxygen certainly documents straight C functions.

    After more testing

    Use the Doxywizard and check the values in expert mode – it provides some nice help when you mouse over things. In particular, you should have changed the default so EXTRACT_ALL is
    checked

    I think needing this to be set, opposite to the default, is possibly a bug.

    If desperate, post the settings up in the question. I just created a sample from scratch and verified that your function showed up using Doxygen when I use EXTRACT_ALL but there is no File Members section if I turn that off.

    You should see the functions underneath Files – File Members, as seen here in the VTK docs.

    Sorry I didn’t pick it up earlier but I always have EXTRACT_ALL on as I’m working on legacy code bases where most functions lack special comments.

    earlier idea Try adding an @file comment at the top of the file to see if that is being processed.

       /// @file fred.h This file defines functions used in fred.m
    

    My bet is that your file extension or your directory is not included in the doxygen setup file you’re running.

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