| Re: dependency tree / call graph in idl (cscope for idl)? [message #63671] |
Wed, 19 November 2008 08:14  |
David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001
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Sven Utcke writes:
> what's the recommended way to do dependency tracking in IDL, you know,
> FUNCTION X depeneds on PRO Y which calls FUNCTIONs A, B, and C. That
> stuff. Preferably, but not necessarily from emacs?
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> In C, I would for example use cscope <http://cscope.sourceforge.net/>.
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> Reason I'm asking: I inherited a project with quite a few
> interdependent files (79 files so far, with 14000 lines, but I'm sure
> to find I missed some once dependency tracking works), and in order to
> get any idea at all what this is doing I would like to look at some
> sort of call graph.
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> So what is the IDL-way of doing this?
Whew! Don't you just hate it when someone comes to IDL for
the first time from a modern programming language. :-(
Cheers,
David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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| Re: dependency tree / call graph in idl (cscope for idl)? [message #63804 is a reply to message #63671] |
Wed, 19 November 2008 10:24  |
Sven Utcke
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Registered: October 2007
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David Fanning <news@dfanning.com> writes:
> Sven Utcke writes:
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>> what's the recommended way to do dependency tracking in IDL, you know,
>> FUNCTION X depeneds on PRO Y which calls FUNCTIONs A, B, and C. That
>> stuff. Preferably, but not necessarily from emacs?
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>> In C, I would for example use cscope <http://cscope.sourceforge.net/>.
[...]
>> So what is the IDL-way of doing this?
>
> Whew! Don't you just hate it when someone comes to IDL for
> the first time from a modern programming language. :-(
Well, cscope is from the early 1980's --- I didn't even dare aks for a
proper code browser, as you get with all these modern, newfangled
languages :-)
Sven
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| Re: dependency tree / call graph in idl (cscope for idl)? [message #63820 is a reply to message #63671] |
Wed, 19 November 2008 08:20 |
pgrigis
Messages: 436
Registered: September 2007
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David Fanning wrote:
> Sven Utcke writes:
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>> what's the recommended way to do dependency tracking in IDL, you know,
>> FUNCTION X depeneds on PRO Y which calls FUNCTIONs A, B, and C. That
>> stuff. Preferably, but not necessarily from emacs?
>>
>> In C, I would for example use cscope <http://cscope.sourceforge.net/>.
>>
>> Reason I'm asking: I inherited a project with quite a few
>> interdependent files (79 files so far, with 14000 lines, but I'm sure
>> to find I missed some once dependency tracking works), and in order to
>> get any idea at all what this is doing I would like to look at some
>> sort of call graph.
>>
>> So what is the IDL-way of doing this?
>
> Whew! Don't you just hate it when someone comes to IDL for
> the first time from a modern programming language. :-(
This task may not even be *feasible* if the program does not
consistently use square brackets for array!
Ciao,
Paolo
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> Cheers,
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> David
> --
> David Fanning, Ph.D.
> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
> Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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