Re: [GD-General] C++ analyzers?

[Thatcher U. <tu...@tu...>]

On Jul 18, 2002 at 02:13 -0700, Brian Sharon wrote:
> > 
> > Well, the compiler can sure help:
> > 
> > 1. rename "m_foo" to "m_foobar" in the header
> > 
> > 2. compile
> > 
> > 3. visit each compile error and fix by hand (or with an editor macro
> >    if it's a big job)
> 
> I do this too but it makes me wary and there's always room for me to
> mess it up.  Sure the code compiles, but is it right?  Maybe I mistyped
> "m_fobar" for one of those substitution and my base class just so
> happened to have one of those.

1. Side note, MHO: "protected:" is the work of the Devil.

2. I agree you should be wary.

> Now, an uber-script that makes the name substitution project-wide,
> rebuilds the project, and checks to see that the output binaries are
> bitwise identical...that would be cool.  I would trust that a lot more
> than my highly fallible self.

3. This scares me as much as manual edits... I think the XP people
   have a good point here with automated unit tests -- sleep easier
   always, whether you made changes manually or via a tool.

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Thatcher Ulrich
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