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Started by Useful 15 replies 550+ views
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Useful
Useful
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]
Useful
Useful
Ya some more intrusive MS Office type auto complete style stuff would be a very nice option.
razmataz
razmataz
Being a bit curt, siaspete
WizHarDx
WizHarDx
C++ does loads of helpful stuff, about moving everything from class to sourcefile it does.

Goto class view, right click on it & choose create Generic Class & name it whatever u want.

It then creates header file + source file with class implmented in source file & protoyped in header file.
who is it that keeps on nicking WizHarD name !! :P
Useful
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.

    
// header.h

#ifndef __FOO_H__ // generated by msvc++

#define __FOO_H__ // generated by msvc++
class Foo {
public:
void bar();
};
#endif
  

      
// source.cpp

#include "header.h" // generated by msvc++

void Foo::bar() {} // why cant this also be generated


[edited by - useful on June 8, 2002 7:12:26 AM]
henrym
henrym
Has anybody else noticed how stupid this thread is?
Stop being so lazy...there isn''t any way for this to work(ATM anyway) and you''re going to have to fill in the implementation of that method anyway so all its going to save you typing is about 30 characters(+ or - depending on the args, class name, etc.)

Just do it normally.

Henrym
IndirectX
IndirectX
quote:
Original post by henrym
Has anybody else noticed how stupid this thread is?

Yeah.

This is not VB for you. Your programming style isn''t the only one in existence. In many cases, for instance, you want to keep function code in headers.

Read your post again. Think how you would implement any of the "features" you proposed. The answer is, you can''t. If you want to code with your mouse instead of the keyboard, go use VB.
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Dean Harding
Dean Harding
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...

codeka.com - Just click it.

[edited by - Dean Harding on June 8, 2002 7:52:22 PM]
Kylotan
Kylotan
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
Useful
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).
Useful
Useful
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]
Dean Harding
Dean Harding
Useful, did you try the class wizard stuff I mentioned? It does pretty much what you were asking...

codeka.com - Just click it.
T2k
T2k
quote:

class Foo{static float bar;};
float Foo::bar = 5.0f;

Is there any way to program stuff like this in?


nop, why should vc++ produce bugs ? never tried constructors ?


T2k

[edited by - T2k on June 10, 2002 9:12:00 AM]

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