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Richard Haven
Richard Haven

Reputation: 1154

Lexagraphically find uncalled functions in Flex/AS3?

I am aware of the FlexCover project, but I want a code analyzer that finds the functions (and classes, I suppose) that have no calls to them at all in the source code.

I suppose I could comment them out one-by-one, but that way lies madness.

It's more than just tidiness: we have many versions of the same functionality and maintaining un-needed versions prevents us from getting rid over several classes and protocols that Really Need To Go Away.

Thanks

Upvotes: 2

Views: 162

Answers (2)

michaelavila
michaelavila

Reputation: 1069

You might find this helpful:

http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/flexpmd/FlexPMD

Good luck.

Upvotes: 1

hlovdal
hlovdal

Reputation: 28228

For C there is a program ncc which produces some intermediate files which contains for each function a list of all variables accessed as well as functions called. Using that information you can generate a call tree (I once parsed those files to find the (approximate) maximum stack usage (together with information from the map file)).

While ncc is for C, you should be able to use the same principle. You can download and have a look at how it is done for ncc, or maybe you can search for "generate call tree" together with flex or actionscript to see if you find some useful tool. When you have a complete call tree, any function not part of it is a strong candidate for removal.

Upvotes: 0

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