Bug? "Find referencies" feature does not check CallSub

peacemaker

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• Nov 12, 2020

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Seems, this is actual for any IDEs.

 

stevel05

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• Nov 12, 2020

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It seems to for me:

 

peacemaker

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• Nov 12, 2020

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Try "Find references" when placed mouse over a function name. Not search.

 

stevel05

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• Nov 12, 2020

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Sorry, I was looking in the wrong place. You are right. But then that's a string and not an actual reference. I normally use the quick search.

 

peacemaker

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Yes, quick search is OK, but if "Find references" feature was released - it should work fully OK, else you cannot debug fully correctly.
It's just MHO, not a requirement...

 

Sandman

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peacemaker said:

it should work fully OK

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That would be nice, but I can't see how it's even remotely possible. Consider that Callsub can call using variables, not only static strings in the call, and all of a sudden it's a surprisingly complex problem to find those references.

 

peacemaker

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Sandman said:

I can't see how it's even remotely possible

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I guess, that IDE is anyway the source code parser. So CallSub lines can be "easily" parsed, in addition, when "Find references" is clicked

 

Sandman

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The only realistic improvement I can see is when the callsub uses a static string, or when it's using a variable that is set using known data in the same sub. Anything beyond that and I imagine it's quickly getting insanely complex (and impossible).

 

Erel

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• Nov 13, 2020

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This is not considered a bug.