BUG?: Browser information and Namespaces

[Chris Bearchell]

I am trying to get browse information for a VS.net 2003 C++ project,
however I am running into trouble resolving methods within a
namespace. From within the object browser, all methods within a class
report "No references available for this item" when the class is
within a namespace. If I remove the namespace, then VS is able to
resolve the references correctly. This problem does not affect member
variables.

The following code exhibits the problem (generated from a default
console app with browse information enabled):

namespace test
{
class TestClass
{
public:
TestClass(){}

~TestClass(){}

void TestMethod(){}

public:
bool testVariable;
};
}

using namespace test;

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
TestClass test;

test.TestMethod();

test.testVariable = true;

return 0;
}

In this case TestMethod() reports no references available whilst
testVariable correctly identifies the line test.testVariable = true;.
Removing the namespace resolves the problem entirely.

I suspect that this is a bug in VS.net 2003. I noticed this thread:

http://groups.google.com/[email protected]&rnum=1

which suggests this is a known issue that was being worked on. It also
suggests that the issue was to be fixed in a future release (this
thread was November 2002) and I was wondering whether this should have
been addressed for VC 7.1.

Many thanks,

Chris

 

[Tian Min Huang]

Hi Chris,

Thanks for your post. I reproduced the problem on my side with both VS .NET
2002 and 2003. I am now checking the status of this issue with our
Developer Team. Please feel free to let me know if you have any problems or
concerns.

Have a nice day!

Regards,
HuangTM
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[Tian Min Huang]

Dear Chris,

Thank you very much for your feedback. As you know, this is a known issue
and it is being investigated. It is possible that this may be resolved in
the next version of Visual Studio .NET, but I cannot guarantee a resolution
of this issue at this time.

Please feel free to let me know if you have any problems or concerns.

Have a nice day!

Regards,

HuangTM
Microsoft Online Partner Support
MCSE/MCSD

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