CDT/Archive/planning/7.0

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Parser/Indexer/Editor

• Arithmetic conversions for binary and unary expressions, bug 231859.
• C++0x features supported by gcc 4.3, bug 294730.
  • Variadic templates,
  • Right angle brackets,
  • Default template arguments for function templates,
  • Rvalue references,
  • Static assertions,
  • Declared type of an expression.
• C++0x features supported by gcc 4.4, bug 302282.
  • Extending variadic template template parameters,
  • Initializer lists,
  • Auto-typed variables,
  • New function declarator syntax .

Changes to the AST

• Function calls:
  • The arguments of a function call are represented as IASTInitializerClause[].
  • For function calls with more than one argument the ast no longer contains an IASTExpressionList.

• Initializers:
  • An equals initializer is represented with an IASTEqualsInitializer node.
  • The member of an IASTInitializerList is no longer wrapped in an IASTInitializerExpression.

• Enumerations:
  • A new scope kind for enumeration scope (EScopeKind.eEnumeration) has been added.
  • IBinding getOwner() for enumerators returns an enum-scope.

• Functional casts and compound literals:
  • Uniformly represented as ICPPASTSimpleTypeConstructorExpression.
  • The interface ICPPASTTypenameExpression is no longer used.

• C++ and Gnu specific constants:
  • Constants have been pulled up into the following base interfaces: IASTDeclSpecifier, IASTSimpleDeclSpecifier, IBasicType.
  • IGPPASTDeclSpecifier, IGCCASTSimpleDeclSpecifier, IGPPASTSimpleDeclSpecifier and IGPPBasicType are no longer used.

New interfaces: IASTEqualsInitializer, IASTInitializerClause, ICPPASTArrayDeclarator, ICPPASTDeclarator, ICPPASTEnumerationSpecifier, ICPPASTFieldDeclarator, ICPPASTInitializerList, ICPPASTPackExpandable, ICPPASTPackExpansionExpression, ICPPASTStaticAssertDeclaration, ICPPASTTypeId, ICPPEnumeration, ICPPParameterPackType.

Enhanced interfaces: IArrayType, IASTArraySubscriptExpression, IASTBinaryExpression, IASTDeclSpecifier, IASTEqualsInitializer, IASTExpression, IASTFunctionCallExpression, IASTInitializerList, IASTPreprocessorPragmaStatement, IASTReturnStatement, IASTSimpleDeclSpecifier, IASTTranslationUnit, IASTUnaryExpression, IBasicType, ICASTDesignatedInitializer, ICNodeFactory, ICPPASTConstructorChainInitializer, ICPPASTConstructorInitializer, ICPPASTExplicitTemplateInstantiation, ICPPASTFunctionDeclarator, ICPPASTNewExpression, ICPPASTParameterDeclaration, ICPPASTReferenceOperator, ICPPASTSimpleTypeConstructorExpression, ICPPASTSimpleTypeTemplateParameter, ICPPASTTemplateDeclaration, ICPPASTTemplatedTypeTemplateParameter, ICPPASTTemplateParameter, ICPPFunction, ICPPFunctionType, ICPPNodeFactory, ICPPParameter, ICPPReferenceType, ICPPTemplateArgument, ICPPTemplateInstance, ICPPTemplateParameter, ICPPTemplateParameterMap, IEnumeration, IIndex, IIndexChangeEvent, IIndexFile, IIndexManager, IName, IncludeFileContentProvider, INodeFactory, IToken.

Build

• Error highlighting and navigation in Build Console bug 295625
• Saving build output into a file from CDT console, bug 294106
• Generic user-configurable Regex Error Parser bug 109139
• Run last make target key binding bug 69922

Debug

• Tracepoints will be added to the CDT, with support from the DSF-GDB integration. Details and screen-shots can be found at this wiki page. The development effort is being tracked by bug 284286.

API Changes

• Adding API tooling tags @noextend, @noimplement, @noinstantiate to all classes of org.eclipse.cdt.make.* and org.eclipse.cdt.managedbuilder.* where comments do not indicate otherwise, see bug 301373.

org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb breaking API changes

• bug 302315
  • Removed Deprecated synchronous interfaces
    • org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb.actions.IReverseStepOverHandler
    • org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb.actions.IReverseStepIntoHandler
    • org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb.actions.IReverseResumeHandler
    • org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb.actions.IReverseToggleHandler
    • org.eclipse.cdt.dsf.gdb.actions.IUncallHandler
  • These have been replaced by asynchronous interfaces
    • org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.model.IReverseStepOverHandler
    • org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.model.IReverseStepIntoHandler
    • org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.model.IReverseResumeHandler
    • org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.model.IReverseToggleHandler
    • org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.model.IUncallHandler

• bug 304146
  • GDBControl constructor has changed from "public GDBControl(DsfSession, ILaunchConfiguration)" to "public GDBControl(DsfSession, ILaunchConfiguration, CommandFactory)"
  • GDBControl_7_0 constructor has changed from "public GDBControl_7_0(DsfSession, ILaunchConfiguration)" to "public GDBControl_7_0(DsfSession, ILaunchConfiguration, CommandFactory)"
  • AbstractMIControl constructor has changed from "public AbstractMIControl(DsfSession, boolean)" to "public AbstractMIControl(DsfSession session, boolean, CommandFactory)"
  • The interface IGDBControl used to be defined as "public interface IGDBControl extends ICommandControlService" but has now changed to "public interface IGDBControl extends IMICommandControl" (where IMICommandControl extends ICommandControlService)

• bug 304588
  • In MIVariableManager.MIVariableObject the method "public int getNumChildren()" has been renamed to "public int getNumChildrenHint()"

• bug 305178
  • In the IGDBBackend interface, a new method was added "public void interruptAndWait(int timeout, RequestMonitor rm)"

• bug 202354
  • In the IGDBBackend interface, two new methods were added "Properties getEnvironmentVariables() throws CoreException" and "boolean getClearEnvironment() throws CoreException"

• bug 305752
  • Event Breakpoint (gdb catchpoint) constants that were in org.eclipse.cdt.debug.mi.core.cdi.model.EventBreakpoint have been moved to org.eclipse.cdt.debug.core.model.ICEventBreakpoint, and many have undergone name changes for consistency reasons.