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Re^2: x2 Perl Cross References REVISITEDby PetaMem (Priest) |
on Nov 26, 2004 at 21:59 UTC ( [id://410650]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Cross referencing just seems so '80s to me. Now I totally disagree. If you have several ten thousand lines of Perl code in a project. And a well written project I might add (at least as well as real-world circumstances allow). And you want to orient yourself and/or clean up.... To put it simple: Get more insight to the code You will need cross reference.Period. It is extremely hard to find anything usable for Perl that actually works. And I must - sorry - scoff on the old argument that Perl code can be generated at runtime and therefore all trials for Xreferencing perl are futile. Yes. So what? If I can solve/cover 95% of all perl code there is!? I'm currently seeing two/three alternatives that could prove usable for Perl X-referencing:
Imenu tagging in Emacs works, but gives you only a hierarchy-popup that allows you fast browsing from a set of files down to the method/function level. ECB is supposed to be able to utilize the Imenu tagging information and should then work well. Well... I hope I will be able to find a *working* X-referencing system for Perl anytime soon, as you simply need it from a certain complexity and volume of your project.
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