Visual studio: automatically update C++ cpp/header file when the other is changed?

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For example, if I change the signature in a function in either the header or the cpp, I'd like it to automatically change in the other one. If I add a new function in either, it should appear in both. If I delete a function, it could probably comment out the other one. Manually having to duplicate one's changes seems silly.

Some people have mentioned http://www.lazycplusplus.com/ in response to a similar question, but it seems that that's a command line tool which would require saving and then running this external tool on a particular file. That's still more manual steps than I would have thought were necessary; I'd like this to apply changes as I type.

I was looking for that feature too, but didn't find it up to now... But stackoverflow.com/questions/976467/… tells that there is some solution. — phimuemue
– phimuemue, Commented Apr 9, 2010 at 13:40
Microsoft have recently released a free extension that performs rename (only) refactoring within Visual C++. See here — hendalst
– hendalst, Commented Feb 24, 2015 at 12:18

fhe · Accepted Answer · 2010-04-09 13:39:55Z

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What you're looking for is refactoring in Visual C++ which is unfortunately only available via third-party plugins and to my knowledge not in an "as you type" fashion.

I'm using the excellent Visual Assist X which allows for renaming methods, changing signatures and much more.

answered Apr 9, 2010 at 13:39

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Jon Over a year ago

I agree that VA X is good, but I find having to manually drill down to "change signature" and editing it inside a dialog almost the same effort as copy/pasting. Would be great if it all just worked automatically.

fhe Over a year ago

Yes, indeed. But at least it also updates the references to the renamed methods which is a huge helper when there are many calls of the particular method. However, C++ is a rather complex language and current refactoring solutions are almost not comparable to what exists for Java or C#.

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