use of metriculator with .c files?

[PeterSommerlad]

Hi,

I couldn't use metriculator for .c files. It would be great to have it work with .c files as well, even when I have to tell CDT that those are C++ files in the project.

Thanks
Peter.

[ideadapt]

Although we know that there is some (reasonable) demand to support C files, we are not planning to implement it in the near future.
But support is always welcome, so if someone feels like doing, that would be appreciated.

[mmosko]

Then why do you call it "Run C/C++ Code Analyzer"?

[hackrid]

this is very sad... was very surprised to see this feature missing.
why would supporting .c files a big issue ?
thank you

[PeterSommerlad]

You can tell CDT that your .c files (settings/properties for file extensions) are C++ code and then it should just work, IMHO. Might be quicker than extending the plug-in, which you'd be free to do :-)

[skandi]

+1 for C support.
In the source code (AbstractMetricChecker.java, around line 70) I saw that you explicitly ignore c files. So I assume mapping .c files to C++ in CDT does not have an effect.
Are there good reasons not to support C?

[ideadapt]

When we built metriculator, some C constructs did not work as expected. Thats why we have focussed on C++ and decided to simply ignore C files. Technically it should be possible though. At that time, we simply didn't have enough time for it :)

[firstofus]

Hi,
When I change the file extension from .c to .cpp, Metriculator parses more thinks than when I just comment the c file ignoration (AbstractMetricChecker.java, around line 70).
Can you please give us some clues about what to change to make it work?
I really need this feature.
Thank you

[firstofus]

@PeterSommerlad, I tested your tips and it seems fill my expectation!

[MCO-SOCOMEC]

Hi I'm trying to follow the @PeterSommerlad suggestion but my File Types in Eclipse are locked. Do you know how I could unlock them? I checked online by I'm not able to find anything abut thant.
thanks

[tema13tema]

It is a really nice plugin, but I need it for c-files as well. If I define "*.c" files as C++ code in my project it has no effect. Can somebody build this plugin for c-developer without "c file ignoration (AbstractMetricChecker.java, around line 70)"?

[PeterSommerlad]

@tuttoaldoc @tema13tema The reason, why metriculator is not accepting C files is that the internal data for representing the languages is not identical and metriculator was written for C++. Without further details, I unfortunately can not understand, why the workaround to mark all C source files to be parsed as C++ does not work for you. May be you can provide a screenshot of your failed attempt to change the settings. The file types can be changed globally or on a per-project base. However, you might also need to change your project type to be C++ instead of C instead of only changing the file type of .c files. also the capitalization of .c vs. .C could be an issue depending on your platform.