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khb
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Germany
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Posted - Jun 27 2006 :  07:22:02 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I like the new refactoring function "Extract Method", but it sometimes happens to me that I need the reverse function. For example: I had a function that shrinked down to 4 lines of code after some refactoring. I called this function just from 2 locations in the code. So my idea was to remove the function and copy its code directly to the 2 locations. It would be cool if this function would be available from the refactoring menu. Of course, this should only be possible if the function to remove doesn't call itself

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Marcus.

feline
Whole Tomato Software

United Kingdom
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Posted - Jun 27 2006 :  4:44:08 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
i can think of times when working out if the function calls its self would be rather hard to determine. heavy use of overloaded functions plus default parameters is a good example

my gut instinct is to say "leave the function alone", since i have come to view small functions as good, but i understand why you are saying this. it would require the ability to remove the function, and its declaration.

i have just been sitting here, trying to work out it this presents any obvious problems or challenges that would make this very hard to do. so far though i have not come up with anything that sounds worse than extract method must have been, so i have put in a feature request

case=1493

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jpizzi
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USA
642 Posts

Posted - Jun 27 2006 :  11:18:19 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Here is how you can do this without VA's support.

At the beginning of the line, type the string, "inline "

Of course, if you need want VA's help, you could always create an autotext entry

Joe Pizzi
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khb
Tomato Guru

Germany
337 Posts

Posted - Jun 28 2006 :  02:13:43 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
@feline: Thanks for putting in a feature request.
@joe:

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Marcus.
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Posted - Jun 28 2006 :  11:54:58 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
FWIW: Refactoring is sometimes called "Inline Method."

http://www.refactoring.com/catalog/inlineMethod.html
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