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| stukad |
Posted - Sep 04 2007 : 7:42:39 PM
Visual Studio for dot net languages like C# has a great feature. It shows you errors in your code (like syntax or type errors) instantly after you wrote them in editor. But if you write C++ you don`t have such a feature, you see the error only next time you compile your code.
I am suggestion to implement such a feature also for C++.
Other projects have shown that it`s possible to create also an interpreter for C++.
Maybe some preparatory work is needed to create such a feature. Something like better precompilation.
I think such a feature would be a challenge to create, but not impossible. However, it would boost you effectiveness very much. |
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| holedigger |
Posted - Sep 05 2007 : 3:52:23 PM
Visual Studio doesn't show you mistyped symbols in C# until you compile (blue underline). It does show other syntactical errors as you type however. For example:
namespace Test
{
class Foo
{
public void Bar()
{
// banana isn't underlined as unknown until compile
banana = 1;
}
}
}
|
| feline |
Posted - Sep 05 2007 : 2:35:00 PM
I have never actually used this product myself, but I have passed across their website now and then. They target C++ on various OS's and seem to have a very good reputation. For IDE integration you probably want to look into this:
http://www.riverblade.co.uk/products/visual_lint/index.html
Being maintained, I am not sure, but the site lists "Version 8.00w" with the date: 8/2/07
Now if that is England format DD/MM/YY that is a little old, but if that is US format MM/DD/YY that is reasonably recent.
Some form of demo, they are offering: http://www.gimpel-online.com/OnlineTesting.html
I appreciate that this would be useful in VA, but remember that most of the time VA is parsing code that will never compile, since I am in the middle of editing it. So its parser is designed for a different sort of job to Lint, which is a mature product designed to check code that does compile.
Currently we don't have any plans to try and offer this feature in VA. |
| stukad |
Posted - Sep 05 2007 : 12:18:01 PM
quote:
Originally posted by felineVA Options -> Advanced -> Correction -> underline mistyped symbols using
I am using this for sure.
quote:
Originally posted by felinebeyond this, you are almost talking about Lint: http://www.gimpel.com/
which goes beyond what VA tries to do, and as I understand it is not designed to operate on files as you are still editing them.
This project doesn`t seam to be maintained very well. There is an online demo and an integration for 'Microsoft Visual C++ 7.x IDE (.NET) - 9/10/02'. A bit outdated. No trial version available. :(
Also I coudln`t find any demonstration (flash)videos on their website or on any well known free video share hoster.
I still think it`s worth to add this feature into visual assist. |
| feline |
Posted - Sep 05 2007 : 08:00:17 AM
Turn on:
VA Options -> Advanced -> Correction -> underline mistyped symbols using
beyond this, you are almost talking about Lint: http://www.gimpel.com/
which goes beyond what VA tries to do, and as I understand it is not designed to operate on files as you are still editing them. |
