+a lot; I'd like that

On Jun 20, 2012, at 10:48 PM, John Clements wrote:

> When I'm using online check syntax, I often look at the lines leaving an 
> identifier and wonder: is that just one line, or are there two or three? When 
> lines overlap, there's no easy way to tell. This can be important in 
> refactoring decisions, or in debugging (how many uses of this thing are there 
> to check?).
> 
> Let me show you what I mean:
> 
> <Screen Shot 2012-06-20 at 7.44.52 PM.png>
> 
> How many uses of 'x' are there?
> 
> I decided to spend a few minutes digging through the source, and came up with 
> this *EXTREMELY ROUGH* hack which helps me. :
> 
> oiseau:...plt/collects/drracket/private/syncheck clements> git diff gui.rkt
> diff --git a/collects/drracket/private/syncheck/gui.rkt 
> b/collects/drracket/private/syncheck/gui.rkt
> index 5f691bd..e69b9c7 100644
> --- a/collects/drracket/private/syncheck/gui.rkt
> +++ b/collects/drracket/private/syncheck/gui.rkt
> @@ -1069,6 +1069,11 @@ If the namespace does not, they are colored the 
> unbound color.
>                                        [var-arrows (filter var-arrow? arrows)]
>                                        [add-menus (append (map cdr (filter 
> pair? vec-ents))
>                                                           (filter procedure? 
> vec-ents))])
> +                                 (make-object menu-item%
> +                                   (string-append ">> " (number->string 
> (length arrows))
> +                                                  " arrows from this 
> identifier")
> +                                   menu
> +                                   (λ (item evt) (void)))
>                                   (unless (null? arrows)
>                                     (make-object menu-item%
>                                       (string-constant cs-tack/untack-arrow)
> 
> 
> Let me just emphasize how rough this hack is: when I use it on a use of an 
> identifier rather than a definition, it just shows the number 1, because 
> that's the number of arrows--that is, the one that goes back to the 
> definition.
> 
> Keeping its limitations in mind, though, it's really nice to be able to see:
> 
> <Screen Shot 2012-06-20 at 7.46.24 PM.png>
> 
> 
> Would others find this useful?
> 
> John
> 
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