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It's not that these features are rare for C++, it's that Xcode is generally a pretty bad C++ IDE (imo, of course). In both Visual Studio and CLion, these types
by cjaybo 5y ago
It's not that these features are rare for C++, it's that Xcode is generally a pretty bad C++ IDE (imo, of course).
In both Visual Studio and CLion, these types of features work well, in addition to plenty of more advanced features like address/thread sanitizers, fuzz testing, etc.
- overgard 5y agoYou're too nice, Xcode is an atrocity. Still though, trying to unambiguously parse C++ without compiling miles of headers is not a simple thing... I find my typescript and C# tooling is so much nicer when C++ is the language I need that magic most for. VS is nice but compared to what I get with like resharper or intellij its a bit disappointing.
- pjmlp 5y agoIt was already possible in the early 90's. https://dreamsongs.com/Cadillac.html https://dreamsongs.com/Cadillac.html "Lucid Energize Demo VHS 1993" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQQTScuApWk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQQTScuApWk VisualAge C++ Version 4.0 http://www.edm2.com/0704/vacpp4/vacpp4.html http://www.edm2.com/0704/vacpp4/vacpp4.html https://books.google.de/books?id=ZwHxz0UaB54C&pg=PA206&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.de/books?id=ZwHxz0UaB54C&pg=PA206&redir... However they were too resource hungry for the hardware of those days, then Java and .NET took over the spotlight, and until clang/LLVM came into the scene, the industry forgot of what was already possible.