[SATLUG] C++ code visualization

[Justizin]

On 12/4/06, Travis H. <travis at subspacefield.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 10:48:13AM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote:
> > > I am looking for a Linux utility that would allow me to represent
> > > graphically calling hirarchies, classes, dependencies, and function
> > > calls for C++ source code. Is there such a thing somewhere?
> >
> > Graphically?  That sounds like it would be terribly complex and not very
> > useful.  In any moderate program there would be so many lines that you
> > couldn't follow it all.
>
>
> Yeah, I used the graphviz suite in the past, and any program that isn't
> trivial uses up too much screen real estate.  At a previous company, they
> printed up multiple sheets of paper and taped them together, but even then
> that often wasn't enough space.  It is really a problem in data reduction,
> because you don't care about most of the calls, or certain functions can be
> grouped together.
>

Again, one reason I suggest mapping it out by hand is that
relationships which don't make sense in the existing design will be
painfully difficult to model. ;)

-- 
Justizin, Independent Interactivity Architect
ACM SIGGRAPH SysMgr, Reporter
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