There's something fishy going on with this compiler...

[Hunderpanzer]

Okay I'm using Bloodshed Dev C++ 4.9.9.2 and something odd has been happening.

I've been following book examples, and usually after it shows the entire code for a program, it gives an exercise to alter the code i just typed.

What I do is I save the code already written as a different name, so it doesn't cover up the original code.

After doing all the alterations to the new file, when I compile and run, it wasn't showing any alterations. I looked at the top, and it was still running the previous source file. I tried restarting the compiler and changing it drastically and it still ran the same old one.

There's not much of a serious problem here, I figured out I Just had to go into the actual directory and delete the already compiled version... But still I don't think that should have happened... and I'm basically curious.

Any idea why this might have happened ?

[weaknessforcats]

With Visual Studio, if you save under another name, the original file is still in the project and that is what will compile. You would have to remove the original file from the project and add the file with the different name and then build to get the changes.

Does Bloodshed follow this procedure?

[Hunderpanzer]

To be honest, I have no idea. I just went in the compiler directory and deleted the one it was running.

But it's no problem, I just was a little curious, that's all.


Thanks :)

[JosAH]

To be honest, I have no idea. I just went in the compiler directory and deleted the one it was running.

But it's no problem, I just was a little curious, that's all.


Thanks :)

I played with an Eclipse pluging once: CDT (C/C++ Development Tool); it is
modeled after the JDT (Java Development Tool) which is quite good. Maybe
you can give it a try if you have enough spare time.

I sincererly *hate* the behaviour you described above; Eclipse manages those
projects much better.

kind regards,

Jos

[Hunderpanzer]

I played with an Eclipse pluging once: CDT (C/C++ Development Tool); it is
modeled after the JDT (Java Development Tool) which is quite good. Maybe
you can give it a try if you have enough spare time.

I sincererly *hate* the behaviour you described above; Eclipse manages those
projects much better.

kind regards,

Jos

I'll check it out, Thanks!

[JosAH]

I'll check it out, Thanks!

Good; success; let us know what you find out and how good/bad the thing is.
I'm curious about it (it's been some time since I played with it).

kind regards,

Jos