Programmer's Language-Aware Spell Checker? 452
Jerry Asher writes "Not all of my coworkers are careful about spelling errors. Sometimes this causes real embarrassment as spelling errors creep into software interfaces. Does anyone know of spell checkers for programming languages? I don't want a text spell checker, I want a programming-language-aware spell checker. A spell checker that I can pass all of my code through and will flag spelling errors in function names, variable names, and comments, but will ignore language keywords, language constructs and expressions, and various programming styles (camel code, or underscores, or...). I want a spell checker that knows that void *functionSigniture(char *myRoutine) contains one spelling error. Does anyone have such a thing for Java or C++? Are there any Eclipse plugins that do this?"
How about eyeball Mk 1? (Score:5, Funny)
May I suggest.... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:How about the Built-in OS X spell checker? (Score:5, Funny)
We're talking about programming, friend.
Re:Eclipse WTP 3.3 Europa seems to do this.. almos (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Quit employing idiots? (Score:1, Funny)
I think you meant, "review their code"...
(Although clearly no automated spell checker would have caught that.)
Re:Visual Assist (Score:5, Funny)
Re:the problem is really prevalent (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Eclipse WTP 3.3 Europa seems to do this.. almos (Score:5, Funny)
"You appear to be creating an infinite loop. Would you like me to increment your counter variable?"
"You appear to be writing a virus, would you like a list of the latest Windows Vista sploits?"
Re:Visual Assist (Score:4, Funny)
Re:How about eyeball Mk 1? (Score:5, Funny)
Man Dies Waiting for Eclipse to Launch (Score:5, Funny)
A software engineer in San Jose, CA was found dead at his desk yesterday, apparently having died while waiting for his Java editing program, Eclipse, to finish its boot process. Coworkers say the engineer came in that morning vowing to "get Eclipse working on his box or die trying." The last thing anyone heard him say aloud was the cryptic comment: "I see the splash screen is appropriately blue." Nobody knows what he meant. The man was then thought to have fallen asleep, but hours later it was discovered that the engineer had died suddenly of apparent natural causes. The forensics team's investigation that evening was reportedly interrupted unexpectedly when the dead man's Eclipse program suddenly finished launching. The team tried to interact with it to see if they could find clues about the man's death, but the program was unresponsive and the machine ultimately had to be rebooted. At this time, the police commissioner says there is no evidence of foul play, and they currently believe the man simply died of either boredom or frustration.
Re:How about this (Score:2, Funny)
Re:ego != good_open_minded_programmer (Score:2, Funny)
Re:How about eyeball Mk 1? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:What the fuck is the OP on? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:ego != good_open_minded_programmer (Score:5, Funny)
We're the do-anything team that specialises in imaginging new ways for you to reach your audience.
The word "pwned" doesn't spell check correctly either, but it is applicable.
A painful experience (Score:2, Funny)
Re:READ THE FUCKING ARTICLE (Score:3, Funny)