From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,ea99940253996e3e X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,ea99940253996e3e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,ea99940253996e3e X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public X-Google-Thread: 108717,ea99940253996e3e X-Google-Attributes: gid108717,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-10-03 20:07:12 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.mathworks.com!wn13feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Steve" Newsgroups: comp.software-eng,comp.programming,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.ada References: <2cfd1a4e.0309252032.3e3c0a1a@posting.google.com> <863cefjy6l.fsf@strudel.futureapps.de> <86ad8i7d1d.fsf_-_@huldreheim.huldreskog.no> Subject: Re: Spell-checking source code (Was: ISO Studies of underscores...) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.211.13.75 X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-Trace: rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net 1065236831 12.211.13.75 (Sat, 04 Oct 2003 03:07:11 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2003 03:07:11 GMT Organization: Comcast Online Date: Sat, 04 Oct 2003 03:07:11 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.software-eng:39 comp.programming:330 comp.lang.c++:731 comp.lang.ada:193 Date: 2003-10-04T03:07:11+00:00 List-Id: If you happen to be use GNAT (GNU Ada), the compiler does do some degree of spell checking. gcc -c dointxor.adb dointxor.adb:30:28: "b_valu" is undefined dointxor.adb:30:28: possible misspelling of "b_value" gnatmake: "dointxor.adb" compilation error If you use the GPS for programming Ada, you'll get a little wrench icon next to the error in the output window. If you click on the wrench it corrects the spelling error. If you're really interested in having comments spell checked, the folks at ACT (Ada Core Techologies) would probably add the feature for a fee. Steve (The Duck) "Leif Roar Moldskred" wrote in message news:86ad8i7d1d.fsf_-_@huldreheim.huldreskog.no... [snip] > > This touches on one of my pet annoyances with development tools today: > no way to easily spell-check your code. In my opinion, a development > environment should at the very _least_ let you easily spell-check all > the text in comments, and preferably the individual words in variable > and function names (whether the words are separated by mixed case, > hyphens or underscores.) > > Unfortunately, nobody else seems to mind. *sighs* Oh well, > spell-checkers are overrated anyway. > > -- > Leif Roar Moldskred