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From: cwc@daisy.UUCP (C.W. Chung)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Question: Does C++ work with dbx and ctags?
Keywords: C++, dbx, ctags
Message-ID: <1158@daisy.UUCP>
Date: 14 May 88 18:41:07 GMT
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Organization: Daisy Systems, Mt. View, CA
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I have no hand-on experience with C++, but I am sort of
convinced that C++ is a better C for its stronger type
checking and object-oriented features.  However, I do
have two concerns in jumping to C++ at this moment:

1. Is there any dbx (or similar source-level debugger)
   that understands C++?  Or do we have to debug the
   C output from the C++ interpreter?  How do we debug
   C++ program in the absence of a good source-level
   debugger ?   Any ways better than printf()?  

2. I understand that you can have functions having identical
   names if they belong to different classes.  Is there any
   way to make ctags happy?  Ctags would complain about the
   duplicate names and ignore the duplicate functions.
   Without unique name to each functions, how could I use one
   of the most useful features of vi, tag, to navigate the
   sourcs codes of a big program?

   Any hints or insight would be greatly appreciated.

	-cwc-
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