Question

I’m currently in the process of learning C++, and because I’m still learning, I keep making mistakes.
With a language as permissive as C++, it often takes a long time to figure out exactly what’s wrong — because the compiler lets me get away with a lot. I realize that this flexibility is one of C++’s major strengths, but it makes it difficult to learn the basic language.
Is there some tool I can use to analyze my code and make suggestions based on best practices or just sensible coding? Preferably as an Eclipse plugin or linux application.

Answer 1

Enable maximum compiler warnings (that’s the -Wall option if you’re using the Gnu compiler).

‘Lint’ is the archetypical static analysis tool.

valgrind is a good run-time analyzer.