MMX 15.1.8 build 2580: Possible Source Indexer Bug?

[Navid Madani 1]

When the project file has conditional compiler directives, the source indexer omits files that should be included. For example, in the uses section of the .dpr file quoted below:

 

  {$IFDEF MSWindows}
  uWinSpawn in '..\Units\Win\uWinSpawn.pas',
  uReadPipeThread in '..\Units\Win\uReadPipeThread.pas',
  {$ENDIF }
  {$IFDEF MACOS}
  uMacOSSpawn in '..\Units\macOS\uMacOSSpawn.pas'
  {$ENDIF }
  uProcessSpawn in '..\Units\uProcessSpawn.pas';

When MSWindows is defined and not MACOS, in my case, ..\Units\uMacOSSpawn.pas is indexed, but not ..\Units\uProcessSpawn.pas.

Thanks to Uwe for his outstanding work maintaining and updating MMX Tools.

Navid

[Navid Madani 1]

I'll take that back: not a bug - each time I add a unit to the project, the IDE messes up the conditional defines, sometimes inserting two uses clauses into the DPR. While editing, I also erroneously deleted the comma after the unit in the excluded MACOS clause. Restoring the missing comma allowed MMX to index everything.

[timfrost 73]

It's an IDE feature. Add or delete a file to the project, and conditions and includes in the units list in the DPR are changed in various ways. I opened a quality ticket a couple of years ago and was told it was by design, because 'Delphi manages the DPR file' and can override manual settings.