| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| tangens |
Posted - Nov 10 2011 : 09:56:27 AM
VAX wrongfully colors variable as a method/function when declaring a pointer variable with initialization using ()
int *myVariable(nullptr);
see attached image:
myVariable is colored as a method while
myVariable2 is colored as a variable.
system info:
VA_X.dll file version 10.6.1859.0 built 2011.10.02
DevEnv.exe version 10.0.40219.1 Professional
msenv.dll version 10.0.40219.1
Comctl32.dll version 6.10.7601.17514
Windows 7 6.1 Build 7601 Service Pack 1
4 processors (x86-64;
WOW64)
Platform: Custom
Stable Includes:
C:\\DevStudio\\Vs2010\\VC\\include;
C:\\DevStudio\\Vs2010\\VC\\atlmfc\\include;
C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft SDKs\\Windows\\v7.0A\\include;
C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft SDKs\\Windows\\v7.0A\\include;
C:\\DevStudio\\extra_x32\\Boost_1_43_0\\include;
C:\\DevStudio\\extra_x32\\Qt_4_7_0_x32_vs2010_dll\\include;
C:\\DevStudio\\extra_x32\\Cppunit_1_10_2_VS2010\\include;
C:\\DevStudio\\extra_x32\\gmock-1.4.0_vs2010\\include;
C:\\DevStudio\\extra_x32\\qxcppunit_x32_vs2010\\include;
C:\\DevStudio\\extra_x32\\QtWinMigrate_2.8.1_x32_vs2010\\src;
Other Includes:
Stable Source Directories:
C:\\DevStudio\\Vs2010\\VC\\atlmfc\\src\\mfc;
C:\\DevStudio\\Vs2010\\VC\\atlmfc\\src\\mfcm;
C:\\DevStudio\\Vs2010\\VC\\atlmfc\\src\\atl;
C:\\DevStudio\\Vs2010\\VC\\crt\\src;
C:\\DevStudio\\extra_x32\\Qt_4_7_0_x32_vs2010_dll\\src;
C:\\DevStudio\\extra_x32\\QtWinMigrate_2.8.1_x32_vs2010\\src;
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| 3 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| accord |
Posted - Nov 14 2011 : 7:04:35 PM
*ooops* I was superficial and handled different things as they would have been the same.  You are right indeed, your first example is an int pointer:
case=60805
However, your second example without the paren is a local function declaration:
int *myfunctionpointer(int);
You need parens to get a function pointer:
int (*myfunctionpointer)(int);
So we don't have to differentiate them based on the params.  I messed up this in my first post but I was wrong. |
| tangens |
Posted - Nov 14 2011 : 04:03:25 AM
I don't agree that this is a function pointer.
It is a pointer to an int, but I happen to initialize it via () instead of =.
These are function pointers:
I would think they are distinguishable from pointer to int variables because of the data types between the (),
whereas my variable uses a value (nullptr in my case).
(I might go a bit too fast here, I might be missing some other cases?) |
| accord |
Posted - Nov 11 2011 : 3:20:13 PM
This "variable" is often called a "function pointer". It is a pointer to a function. So the function (where the variable is pointing to) is colored as a function :) I think that this is a borderline case and that the current working is reasonable. But let's see what others think about this :) I wouldn't say that either version is bad.
I checked and it seems to be consistent so both
int *myVariable(nullptr);
and
int (*myVariable2)(nullptr);
is colored as a function. |
