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sl@sh
Tomato Guru

Switzerland
204 Posts

Posted - Jun 20 2007 : 12:30:15 PM

I've set the autotext entry for Refactor Document Method to

/**
 * $SymbolName$
 * 
 * @return  $SymbolType$    
 * @param   $MethodArgName$    $MethodArgType$    
 */

Now try 'Document Method' on any of the following:

operator double();

operator std::vector<int>();

operator std::vector<const double*>();

What I get is some code block that halfway looks like it should, but uses another font and various weird symbols (possibly part of that font). Apart from the fact I didn't even know the font could be changed locally this isn't really the kind of behaviour I expected

VA_X.dll file version 10.3.1557.0 built 2007.05.29
Licensed to:
VA X: [snip] Support ends 2007.09.23
VAOpsWin.dll version 1.3.2.2
VATE.dll version 1.0.5.6
DevEnv.exe version 7.10.3077.0
msenv.dll version 7.10.3077.0
Font: Courier New 13(Pixels)
Comctl32.dll version 5.82.2900.2982
Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2
2 processors

Platform: Win32
Stable Includes:
C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\\Vc7\\include;
C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\\Vc7\\atlmfc\\include;
C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\\Vc7\\PlatformSDK\\include\\prerelease;
C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\\Vc7\\PlatformSDK\\include;
C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\\SDK\\v1.1\\include;

Library Includes:
C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\\Vc7\\atlmfc\\src\\mfc;
C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\\Vc7\\atlmfc\\src\\atl;
C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\\Vc7\\crt\\src;

Other Includes:

feline
Whole Tomato Software

United Kingdom
18943 Posts

Posted - Jun 20 2007 : 8:18:27 PM

Has it occurred to you that since you are such a valuable customer this was organised just for you, to brighten your day, and to add interest to your coding?

This screen shot shows what I am getting:

I have very occasionally seen something similar to what you describe, but I have seen it when the IDE spontaneously decides to turn a line of code into "random" text, in a totally unreadable font. For me that is a display only problem that spontaneously goes away after a few seconds, and I have seen it happen even without VA installed.

I am seeing two problems here though. First no return type:

case=7208

and secondly the squares, invalid characters that may be triggering the display effect on your machine, in the symbol name:

case=7209

zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness

sl@sh
Tomato Guru

Switzerland
204 Posts

Posted - Jun 21 2007 : 03:51:59 AM

Apart from the font change and the 'squares' replaced by some odd characters your screenshot resembles what I see. There's definitely some invalid characters involved, so I'm not surprised to see differences.

Also note that in the last example 'double' is missing as well - this is what I see as well, but I wasn't sure you would be able to reproduce it.

sl@sh
Tomato Guru

Switzerland
204 Posts

Posted - Jun 21 2007 : 05:50:14 AM

Btw., here's another case of 'brightening my day'

:

Take this code:

class Foo {
    ~Foo()
    Foo();
};

Then put the cursor on the destructor and try 'Refactor Document Method'.

Ok, as can be seen, the problem arises from the missing ';', but in my case the method in question was a bit longer, so it took me a while to spot the true reason behind this surprising behavior

feline
Whole Tomato Software

United Kingdom
18943 Posts

Posted - Jun 21 2007 : 10:51:54 AM

I noted the missing "double*" on the 3rd operator function in case=7209 after spotting that oddity myself.

The missing semi-colon, I have been caught exactly the same way quite a few times myself. When all else fails see if the code compiles. When it fails to compile, and you find the syntax error refactoring normally starts working again.

Also I have learned to look out for missing semi-colons when refactoring is not offered, see it is almost a feature