Visually marking conditional compilation [closed]

Question

We have a large amount of C/C++ code that's compiled for multiple targets, separated by #ifdefs. One of the targets is very different from the others and it's often important to know if the code you're editing is compiled for that target. Unfortunately the #ifdefs can be very spread out, so it's not always obvious which code is compiled for which targets.

Visual Studio's #ifdef highlighting can be helpful for visually identifying which code is compiled for which target, but changing the highlighting apparently requires modifications to the project file.

I'm interested in finding a tool or method that can help coders quickly recognize which targets are using each line of code. Even if it requires some sort of manual in-source annotation I think it could still be helpful. Best case it's automated, not tied to a specific editor or IDE, and it could be configured to warn in certain conditions (eg "you modified some code on Target X, be sure to test your code on that platform!").

Answer 1

If your code is getting that big that you can't tell what #ifdef your in then it's time to refactor your code. I would recommend that you refactor it into seperate cpp files per platform.

I noramlly only use #idef when the code is only one or two lines long, any longer and I normally refactor into it's only function or class into there own cpp file. That makes it simple to figure out where you are.