New feature: Go To Declaration *and* Go To Definition

[awneil]

Split-out as a separate thread from viewtopic.php?f=78&t=3613&p=14062#p14062

@daav

Before all, please just make a new post for every new suggestion, this will be more easy for traceability.

OK - here it is!

@awneil

New feature: Go To Declaration and Go To Definition
Actually, this is re-instatement of an old feature that has been lost from the v1 IDE!

The v1 IDE had:* F3 = Open Declaration, and

• Ctrl+F3 = Open Definition

M2MStudio has only F3 = Open Declaration - the Open Definition has been lost.

@daav

Actually, assuming that you are browsing code when a given function is called, and that you have somewhere in the workspace this function defined and implemented.

• you can open the function implementation by “ctrl+clicking” in the editor, or hitting F3
• you can look for function definition by right-clicking on the function > Declarations > Workspace/Project scope

I’ll try it again, but I don’t think that works. It certainly isn’t as clear & straightforward as the previous IDE!

Note that I’m using the terms in the strict ‘C’ meaning:

• The definition of a function is the place that contains the body of the function; the executable code - its “implemnentation”, if you like;
• A declaration of a function is a prototype; eg, in a header file.

Similarly, “variables” must have a definition - that’s the place that actually causese memory to be “consumed” - and may also have ‘extern’ declarations .

It’s the declarations in the above sense that seem to be missing from M2MStudio (and are inappropriately called “declarations”)

[daav]

Thanks for the definition of definition (and declaration)

So to look for the declaration of a function in the workspace, you also have the Ctrl+G shortcut.
Please let us know if you find this easy enough…