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userHel
userHel

Reputation: 1

code helper for c programming

Are there any plugins for visual studio (any version) or any other ide that can show you the standard library function prototypes and their (examples) , return etc for the standard c library... much like the java code helper found in eclipse if I am not mistaken (I am not a java developer but I think I saw something similar to what I described).

note: I know I can use google or msdn but I am asking about other alternatives.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 895

Answers (3)

r-mercado
r-mercado

Reputation: 1

For linux development, the man pages are excellent. I'd like to know of something similar for Windows.

Upvotes: 0

amro
amro

Reputation: 484

KDevelop4 has good C++ analysis support which is constantly improving, including features which I think were inspired by VAX. I haven't used VAX so I can't comment on feature parity, but it has all the C++ features I need. Of note is the tooltip when holding the mouse over an identifier, which gives type info as well as links to the definition (and declaration if available).

Upvotes: 0

Cogwheel
Cogwheel

Reputation: 23237

Visual Assist X is by far the best C/C++ improvement for Visual Studio.

Edit in response to userHel's comment:

I'll give it a shot. but how come nobody came up with a free version

Probably because it's really hard to do well. You practically need an entire compiler just to parse C++ sufficiently to give the kinds of features VA-X does. At the other end of the stack, you would also need an almost flawless integration with Visual Studio. Just imagine what's in between...

This is where firstborn selling comes in...

Upvotes: 6

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