LCA: Static analysis with GCC plugins [LWN.net]

LCA: Static analysis with GCC plugins

Posted Jan 24, 2010 13:10 UTC (Sun) by marcH (subscriber, #57642)
In reply to: LCA: Static analysis with GCC plugins by ahornby
Parent article: LCA: Static analysis with GCC plugins

> An amazing tool. I used to use xemacs with all the customization, speedbar, tags etc (even wrote some modes for in house languages). Eclipse blows that away.

Eclipse has a full-featured Java compiler (JDT Core, originated in IBM VisualAge, a Smalltalk-based IDE). Everything the main article says about GCC plugins, Eclipse already has it for Java.

Programming languages are complicated. You cannot really afford to duplicate the parser in every tool. Even when you are a LISP wizard. So compiler plugins are the way to go.

> Having this stuff inside your dev environment is worth its weight in gold.

Agreed 200%

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Plus refactoring

Posted Feb 3, 2010 23:33 UTC (Wed) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link]

Refactoring is a joy to work with in Eclipse. Move methods around, abstract a behavior, implement a subclass... Most Java code would be really rigid without this, but with Eclipse it turns into soft clay.