• At the end of functions when I hit 'r' to type 'return', in VS2005 this would always be the first item on the suggestion list since I do that quite a lot and it's a very natural thing to do just before the closing bracket in a function. Now, however, many other symbols like RET_SOME_CONSTANT are suddenly also on the list, sometimes taking precedence over the one I want (return). This is often very annoying, since I'm quite used to just typing the first letter and hitting Enter since I know that's what VAX would suggest (and thus it speeds up my coding tremendously)


• There seems to be some major issues with the STL library in the latest version of VAX. Take for-loops, for instance, in which I want to access .begin() and .end() of, say, a simple std::vector. VAX is now often unable to suggest the right method and if I hit begin( it writes BEGIN_ATTRCOM_MAP instead. If I erase the suggestion by ctrl+z (as I always did in VS2005 when VAX would suggest something wrong) and try typing begin( again, VAX once again inserts BEGIN_ATTRCOM_MAP rather than letting me write what I want (this happens for other custom classes too that VAX for some reason is unable to parse). I just rebuilt the symbol database and VAX still isn't able to recognize a simple 'const vector<unsigned long>& someVar' function argument.


• VAX has auto-correction of variable names (to fix incorrect capitalization etc.). The problem I'm experiencing now is that if VAX is unable to parse the objects (which currently happens way too often) it incorrectly corrects the variable name when I hit . and it doesn't matter if I hit ctrl+z to undo the changes. That is, when I hit . VAX changes the variable name to a symbol it knows and I can't avoid VAX auto-correcting the variable name.


• VAX has also shown to have problems parsing virtual base classes. Soetimes, it cannot provide function information for pure virtual classes.


• When creating a new class and I want to write 'private", I start by typing 'pri' and VAX suggests the following: PRI_KEY_FLAG, prime_field, PrimeAndGenerator, and PRIVATE before finally listing the entry I want (private). The aforementioned constants are all part of the Crypto++ library, which I guess the latest version of VAX is now parsing correctly (at least I didn't see these constants interfering with my coding in older versions of VAX). It's clear that the constants are listed in alphabetical order, but they should really fit into the context as well. If I'm defining a class, chances are that I'm looking for 'private', 'protected' and 'public' rather than a random constant in a third-party library like PRIVATE. The same goes for writing parameters to a function call. VAX now suggests class and struct names rather then local variables. For instance, if I have a struct called Game and a local variable called 'game', VAX suggests Game before 'game'. VAX used to handle this better. Furthermore, it feels like all my own symbols are always listed last, rather than first, even though there's a higher chance I want to use my own than a third-party's.


• Often, in VS2008, VAX suddenly starts parsing a file and while it's doing so I'm unable to use Alt+G. For instance, if I go to a source file and change a method in a class, VAX reparses the file but does it so slowly that using the excellent Alt+G shortcut doesn't work even 5 seconds after I made the change (which means I have to fall back on Visual Studio's IntelliSense)

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Originally posted by feline


This thread is really confusing, so I have no idea what problems you are seeing with "Get content from default Intellisense" turned on.

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Originally posted by feline

I would suggest changing "shared_ptr" to "boost::shared_ptr" for the problem cases.

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static void testBoostSharedPtr()
{
    shared_ptr<std::string> pString;
    pString;

    shared_ptr<FelineIDataMapper> pMapper;
    pMapper;
}

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Originally posted by feline

Would it be possible to get a copy of the class IDataMapper for testing purposes?

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Originally posted by feline

How easily does this break? If you restart the IDE does this still work, or are you once more seeing the problem with shared_ptr<std::string> ?

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class FelineIDataMapper
{
public:
	virtual int getHeight() = 0;
	virtual int getWidth() = 0;
	virtual int setHeight(int n) = 0;
	virtual int setWidth(int n) = 0;
};

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Originally posted by feline

If you add the code:

	boost::shared_ptr<std::string> pString;
	pString->|

to a file, does VA correctly list the members of std::string? This works correctly for me, with "Get content from default Intellisense" turned Off.

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Originally posted by feline

In your last post do you actually mean that:

IDataMapper pDataMapper;
pDataMapper->

fails? Is IDataMapper one of your own classes? A quick google is not returning many hits at all.

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Originally posted by feline

If you show VA View, then place keyboard focus back into the editor, and now hover the mouse over IDataMapper is the correct information displayed?

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	boost::shared_ptr<std::string> pString;
	pString->|

boost::shared_ptr<IDataMapper> pDataMapper;
pDataMapper->

boost::shared_ptr<IDataMapper> pDataMapper;
pDataMapper->

IDataMapper pFoo;
pFoo->

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Originally posted by feline

I am now totally confused.

In your reply on Feb 24 2008 you seem to say that VA works correctly in safe mode, and that after trying safe mode it started working correctly in normal mode as well.

Did VA work correctly for a few minutes after this test? A few days?

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Originally posted by feline

If VA works correctly in safe mode then this suggests the problem is caused or triggered by some other program. An anti-virus program or other scanner might be causing the problems, we have had (very rare) reports of anti-virus programs causing problems. Excluding VA's symbol database from being scanned often fixes these problems.

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Originally posted by feline

The difficulty typing, that sounds like either your CPU or hard drive is maxed out. Can you try disabling the IDE's intellisense and see if this typing speed problem goes away?

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Originally posted by feline

In VS2005 the IDE's intellisense will often produce the effect you are seeing when working on a large project, which is why so many of our users disable it.

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Originally posted by pwaugh

I only say this because a couple of days ago, some new stuff was "discovered" and that cleared up some mysterious cpu usage for me. =)

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Originally posted by feline

I am under the impression you are seeing typing slow right down, to the point where you can barely type. I don't think anyone else is reporting this. Also I cannot reproduce the problems, apparently with the same code as you. If I am really using the same code then this seems to rule out a parser problem.

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