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                 feline 
                Whole Tomato Software 
                      
                 
                
                United Kingdom 
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                       Posted - Oct 13 2006 :  08:18:46 AM
                        
                        
                      
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                       VS2005 will highlight code that is not currently being compiled.
  VA is designed to help you write code, even if it is not currently being compiled.  A good example of why is people who compile on two different OS's, e.g. Windows and Unix, as I have often done.  I do nearly all of my editing in the IDE with the help of VA, but I still want VA's help on code that will not compile under Windows.
  The other element is that VA is not actually a compiler, and it does not automatically have access to all of the information required to work out which pre-processor definitions are currently live. | 
                     
                    
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