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pigo
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Germany
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Posted - Jun 11 2009 :  03:41:54 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
In my opinion it would be nice to have the possibility to sort the symbols in VA Outline.

Important is not to destroy the tree #if../classname/accessibility.

So possible options could be:

Sort classnames in headerfile (.h) inlinefile (.inl) sourcefile (.cpp)
Sort methodsymbols/datasymbols inside classes/specific class in headerfile (.h) inlinefile (.inl) sourcefile (.cpp)
Sort accessability inside classes/ specific class in headerfile (.h)

The reason is for this feature is, that code merging is easier if the code in the files is sorted, especially when to merge over a bigger version distance.

thanks

pigo
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feline
Whole Tomato Software

United Kingdom
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Posted - Jun 11 2009 :  3:29:20 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
When you mention merging the code, have you considered using a diff program? For example winmerge? This is a free utility that I have often used:

http://winmerge.org/

One reason for not sorting the list is that VA Outline is designed to allow you to drag and drop / cut and paste items to re-order the current file, and also to track your position in the file, so you have a sense of where in the file you are.
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