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| DanNilsson |
Posted - Dec 23 2006 : 12:27:23 PM
Whenever I am getting a suggestion list for an STL object, they are littered with the "implementation functions" of the object, that are prefixed with an underscore("_"). Things like "_Debug_heap", "_AtExit" and so forth. I would really appreciate a filtering option for situations like this. |
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| feline |
Posted - Jan 03 2007 : 07:43:05 AM
We are considering adding inverse filtering using these toolbar buttons. if done it would not be based on the name of the parameter, but on its access specifier. So instead of filtering the list to show private members you could remove private members from the list.
relying on underscore meaning something specific breaks for all of the people who do not use this naming convention. in C++ m_ at the start of a member variable name is quite common.
case=2351 |
| sl@sh |
Posted - Jan 03 2007 : 03:40:22 AM
How about an additional filtering button at the bottom of the suggestion list box, to hide or show 'internal' symbols (i. e. those starting with '_')? Since by default everything will be shown, nothing changes at first sight, but if the list of internal symbols gets annoyingly long, you just select the appropriate filter buttons. I'm referring to the second last image in the article you linked in your answer: it shows exactly the problem and the mouse pointer in this image already kinda points to the solution  |
| feline |
Posted - Dec 27 2006 : 09:29:20 AM
The current answer is going to be a mixture of the filtering toolbar, shorthand and acronyms, as explained here:
http://www.wholetomato.com/products/features/members.asp
VA does not know which items you want to see, or not see, and if we start hiding things by default then this is likely to cause all sorts of problems, since it wont be long before someone feels we are hiding the wrong things. |
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