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MSVC++ 6 scripts?

Useful · 2002-06-10T08:12:00

Is there a way to configure Visual C++ to say: automaticly make the correct declarations needed for static variables? like: class Foo { static float bar = 5.0f; }; Ive been using java for a bit and I wish the compiler would just assume that it should write this class Foo { static float bar; }; float Foo::bar = 5.0f; Is there any way to program stuff like this in? I'd love something to either write the structure i need for my .cpp file when i define things in the header. I'd also love if it would move code from my header into the source file. There are tons of small little automated tasks that really irk me after having to use java... cant it look through the headers in the include files and see that if im using std::string it automaticly add #include <string> ? [edited by - useful on June 7, 2002 9:32:17 PM]

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Started by Useful June 07, 2002 08:31 PM

15 comments, last by Useful 21 years, 10 months ago

Dean Harding

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June 08, 2002 06:47 PM

quote:Original post by Useful
Im aware that I can create a generic class and I use the function, but it doesnt help me at all past that. Once I'm done creating the interface for a class, I have to go into the source and rewrite(basiclly) all the same stuff into source.

Well, once you do that, go to the class view, right click on the class and go "Add Function", or "Add Variable", or something like that...

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[edited by - Dean Harding on June 8, 2002 7:52:22 PM]

Kylotan

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June 08, 2002 07:58 PM

You could write a Developer Studio macro

The redundancy is partly to ensure backwards compatibility with C and partly because it makes for quicker compile times. An IDE could do it for you, in theory, providing you don''t mind it making arbitrary decisions about where you want it to be initialised.

Lastly, you should be able to initialise it in the header if it''s static const. Some compilers don''t allow this though. In some cases, you may be able to use an enum instead for the same effect.

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Useful

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June 08, 2002 10:03 PM

I only provided this as sort of an example of what I wanted. Another example would be code autoformatting. Having an option that recognized that you were lazy and didnt tab your variables/defines to align each other.

We have templates for our programs, why cant we have code templates? Things like these are enforced in the work world when you code to make things more readable to others. MS Word does simple stuff like this when your write a document.

I''d love to make something like this for visual studio, now I have to ask how? If I can''t, I''ll have to do it with TextPad or some other IDE, or write my own IDE(which doesnt seem a good choice).

Anonymous

June 08, 2002 10:19 PM

quote:Original post by Useful
Having an option that recognized that you were lazy and didnt tab your variables/defines to align each other.

How about an option that recognized that you were lazy and locked you out from the compiler until you actually wanted to put some effort into what you were doing?

Or maybe you''d like an option that made your game for you?

Or surely at least one that took away such tedious tasks as dividing your code into functions, or making sure your variables were the right type?

Useful

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June 09, 2002 11:58 AM

quote:Original post by Anonymous Poster
How about an option that recognized that you were lazy and locked you out from the compiler until you actually wanted to put some effort into what you were doing?

Or maybe you'd like an option that made your game for you?

Or surely at least one that took away such tedious tasks as dividing your code into functions, or making sure your variables were the right type?

And I bet you put all your format your code by hitting tab a few times after every line. Im talking about extending the autoformating, thats no different than the ide automaticly indenting my code.

[edited by - useful on June 9, 2002 12:59:07 PM]