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mike6900
Junior Member
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 Posted - Aug 05 2005 : 08:00:28 AM
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No suggestion lists for dereferenced pointers in .c file. The .h file contains the struct referenced in the corresponding .c file. If I turn on the 'include bits of code from surrounding lines' option then I get a suggestion list with a single entry 'pGuiObj'.
static int deregisteredStatus_Action(void* pCallData, BookObj_t* pBookObj)
{
PttAppBookObj_t* pThis;
pThis = (PttAppBookObj_t*)pBookObj;
pThis-> // this dereference gives me no suggestion list.
...
if (pThis->pGuiObj)
...
}
Visual Studio 6.0
VA_X.dll file version 10.1.1418.0 built 2005.06.24
Licensed to:
VA X:
VAOpsWin.dll version 1.2.0.4
MSDev.exe version 6.0.9782.2
Devshl.dll version 6.0.9782.0
Devedit.pkg version 6.0.9782.0
Font: Courier -16(Pixels)
Comctl32.dll version 5.82.2800.1106
WindowsNT 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1
2 processors
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mike6900
Junior Member
13 Posts |
Posted - Aug 05 2005 : 08:14:48 AM
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
19014 Posts |
Posted - Aug 06 2005 : 5:12:36 PM
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strange. using VC6 and VAX 1418 i added the following structure (modified from something else i was testing) to a .h file:
typedef struct FelinePointerTest
{
int nInitial;
int nSecond;
boolean bWorking;
short nCounter;
} FelinePointerTest;
in the matching cpp file i them added the code:
static int deregisteredStatus_Action(void* pCallData, void* pBookObj)
{
FelinePointerTest* pThis;
pThis = (FelinePointerTest*)pBookObj;
pThis|
if(pThis->bWorking)
{
}
}
when i type "." it is converted to "->" and i get the correct suggestion list. i would expect VAX to simply respond to the type of your pointer, and not care how it was assigned.
if you hover the mouse over PttAppBookObj_t is the HCB updated correctly? if you use alt_g are you taken to the correct place? i am wondering if VAX simply does not know about this type. |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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mike6900
Junior Member
13 Posts |
Posted - Aug 08 2005 : 12:55:16 PM
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If I hover the mouse over PttAppBookObj_t the HCB is updated correctly except for the additional member names that no longer exist in the structure.
alt_g does not take me to the correct place.
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
19014 Posts |
Posted - Aug 08 2005 : 4:10:19 PM
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this is very strange. perhaps this is a symptom of your other problem, where VAX is not detecting changes to the structure.
grasping at straws here, but what directory is the definition of PttAppBookObj_t in? specifically how does this directory relate to your IDE and VAX settings, and any stable include files?
if VAX has been told this is a stable include file this might explain some of these effects. at the same time if VAX is not reliably detecting this file then that also might help explain these effects.
where does alt_g take you? does it give you more than one option to choose between? can you see any relationship between where alt_g takes you and the definition of this structure? |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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sean
Whole Tomato Software
USA
2817 Posts |
Posted - Aug 08 2005 : 11:21:26 PM
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What happens when you do Alt+g for an instance of the struct?
Is the header located in a directory specified in the project AdditionalIncludeDirectory list?
Does a manual reparse of the header (check the VA toolbar) in which the struct is defined fix the problem?
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mike6900
Junior Member
13 Posts |
Posted - Aug 09 2005 : 12:45:43 PM
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The directory for the header is not listed as a stable include file but is listed under Custom->Other include files.
The header file resides in a subdirectory of the source files.
The header file directory is not listed in the project AdditionalIncludeDirectory list.
A manual reparse of the header does not fix the problem.
I can dereference a pointer in the first function in the .c file and get the correct popup member list. However, if I go to another function in the same file and dereference a pointer to the same struct then I do not get the popup member list. I get a guess suggestion list.
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mike6900
Junior Member
13 Posts |
Posted - Aug 09 2005 : 1:18:00 PM
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| The very first dereference in the .c file works as expected ( 'pThis->' generates the correct popup member list). However, in order to generate the member list popup for subsequent dereferences i need to dereference this way 'pThis->.' |
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feline
Whole Tomato Software
United Kingdom
19014 Posts |
Posted - Aug 10 2005 : 5:07:56 PM
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to me this suggests that something is going on in the cpp file between the first deference and the second dereference that is confusing VAX.
could you try a dereference on the line immediately below the first dereference? this should prove or disprove my idea. if this works can you binary chop through the file looking for the point where this stops working? code breaking VAX's parser is rare, but not totally unheard of. |
zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness |
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mike6900
Junior Member
13 Posts |
Posted - Aug 11 2005 : 08:33:32 AM
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pThis->
}
else
{
pThis->
pThis->
// something went wrong, make sure to free any resources
if ( pThis != NULL )
{
pThis->.
/// @todo Release any allocated memory here.
// release the object
FREE_THE_DATA(&pThis);
pThis->.
pThis = NULL;
pThis->.
}
You can see above where i type the first dereference 'pThis->.' is where it breaks for the rest of the file. It is not always consistently breaking on that line. It may break on the following line. |
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sean
Whole Tomato Software
USA
2817 Posts |
Posted - Aug 12 2005 : 7:17:05 PM
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What do the VA context and definition windows display when the caret is on that first use of pThis?
And how about when the caret is on the first use of pThis where you need to do ->.? |
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mike6900
Junior Member
13 Posts |
Posted - Aug 18 2005 : 08:22:48 AM
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The context field and definition field display the same data for both 'pThis->' and 'pThis->.'
context field: PTT_App_CreateObj.pThis
definition field: PttAppBookObj_t* pThis = NULL |
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sean
Whole Tomato Software
USA
2817 Posts |
Posted - Aug 18 2005 : 6:38:54 PM
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Any chance of sending in the .c/.h file to [email protected]?
If not, then how about making a copy of the two files and then trying a process of elimination to see if the problem goes away at some point?
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