Recommendations for C++ sourcecode analysis tools

[Michael ODonnell]

>=>Meanwhile, I'm soldiering on with Cscope, Ctags and Glimpse...
>
>As long as you understand that none of those are C++ analysis tools.

Um, yes - I am painfully aware of that.  Still, it's amazing how
useful those tools actually are, all things considered.


>Cscope is for C and doesn't know anything about the C++ part of C++.

Of the three it's the one I use least.


>Ctags is only for identifying locations of refs and defs.

I'm using Exhuberant Ctags and it apparently groks a bit of C++,
stuff like class and method definitions, tho it can be dumb
about it sometimes.


>Glimpse is a tool for presearching a directory hierarchy.

Yep - you can do the equivalent of a full recursive grep in
about 100 milliseconds.  A number of other tools like LXR use
it under the covers.  Cscope builds a similar database but seems
way slower about searching for stuff.


>If you want a tool from that class, my fave is idtools. Way superior.

Never heard of it.  I'll try it in my Copious Spare Time.