Re: Tools for C/C++

In article <[email protected]>,
    Dave Rooney <[email protected]> writes:

> In essence, I don't believe the editor is the most pressing problem.  I 
> would prefer that the developers learn what needs to the changed and how 
> to change it manually anyway.  Having automated tools to assist would be 
> helpful, but having developers who know how to write clean and fresh 
> smelling code would be much better.

So far the best automated refactoring tools for C++ that I've
encountered are add-ons for Visual Studio.  I wrote up a comparison
review here:
<http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com/2009/07/12/refactoring-tools-shoot-out/>

When I last looked at the refactoring support for C++ in Eclipse, it
seemed even more limited than the support provided by Visual Assist X.
IIRC, there was just Rename.  That was a while ago, hopefully things
have gotten better by now.

For other refactoring tools, you may wish to evaluate them against
this test suite I created:
<http://legalizeadulthood.wordpress.com/2010/02/02/c-refactoring-tools-test-suite-available/>

I'd love to see this become the basis for a comprehensive review of
C++ refactoring tools in any environment.
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