Hi,

I just discovered the "Code Observer" functionality. Amazing gems in Lazarus - well done guys!

Some suggestions I immediately noticed though after enabling Code Observer.

1) Unnamed Constants. I added some new methods where unnamed constants should be ignore, yet the Code Observer still keeps complaining about those methods. Is this a bug? When do new changes take effect? I have updating set to "idle".

2) Can the "Code Observer" node please remember its state. Every time the treeview refreshes now, the "Code Observer" node closes itself and all child nodes close too. This is very annoying to keep having to open the nodes.

3) Long Procedures - can the line count be added in parentheses - that way I can see which procedures are more important than others in fixing.

4) Unnamed Constants - If I disable unnamed constants in the options, the "Unnamed Constants" node still appears in the Code Observer. It seems the enable/disable option is ignored.

Regards,
Graeme

Where can I find it?

Regards,
Ara

Aradeonas wrote

Where can I find it?

hehehe... I struggled with that too. Open the "Code Explorer" window from the View menu. Select the Options button, go to the "Categories" settings and enable "Code Observer". Then in the "Code Observer" settings, set the options you want, like long procedures, many parameters etc. and click OK. The Code Explorer window will now have a new node "Code Observer" that lists any issues it detects.

Regards,
Graeme

Thanks but I checked all options and checked many units but there is no "Code Observer" node and Im using last trunk version.

Regards,
Ara

Aradeonas wrote

Thanks but I checked all options and checked many units but there is no "Code Observer" node and Im using last trunk version.

That's another issue I noticed - after my initial email.

In the Code Explorer window, there is a button to the left of the Options button. Click it to switch to "Source view", then the "Code Observer" node will appear right at the bottom of the treeview. As far as I can see, in "Layout view" the "code observer" node is not displayed.

Untested:
If you code is 100% perfect, I don't know if the "Code Observer" node is created or not. I would guess not.

Regards,
Graeme

Still nothing, maybe all of my codes are perfect :D Can you name a fpc or Lazarus unit that shows it?

Regards,
Ara

Aradeonas wrote

Still nothing, maybe all of my codes are perfect :D Can you name a fpc or Lazarus unit that shows it?

just a new application project.

TForm1 will be empty, so it gets "empty class section".

You should see the following nodes in code explorer:
- uses
- types
- variables
- code explorer
- surrounding

I found it, thanks!

Regards,
Ara

This actually very good, thank to who made it !

Regards,
Ara

It works here. And it updates on idle.
Can you give more details?

2) Can the "Code Observer" node please remember its state. Every time the treeview refreshes now, the "Code Observer" node closes itself and all child nodes close too. This is very annoying to keep having to open the nodes.

Fixed.

3) Long Procedures - can the line count be added in parentheses - that way I can see which procedures are more important than others in fixing.

Added.

4) Unnamed Constants - If I disable unnamed constants in the options, the "Unnamed Constants" node still appears in the Code Observer. It seems the enable/disable option is ignored.

Fixed.

Mattias