So thinking about things related to Subbu's questions it suddenly came to me that we might be able to make a much nicer C editor than most seem to be.

Caution - I use TextWrangler on my iMac when I have to mess with C. This may well bias my opinion.

Seems to me that most so called IDEs that let you handle C code are pretty pathetic. You load a file and scroll up and down it. If you're lucky it scans the file and makes sort of bookmark of function locations etc. You might get a half decent comparison tool to compare different versions. 

Now, we have a useful but in need of improvement tool for reading source code files without actually loading them in the FileContentsBrowser. A variant of that could read C source, split it up, parse the bits and bobs and maybe provide a decent structured view of the code.

Yes, I remember ObjectWorks C++ and the debacle of C++ programmers not wanting anything more advanced than vi. 

There's also a possible value for this in the Python world where they at least pretend to have a clue about objects.


tim
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