1419018 - Allow distinguishing LHS/RHS usages of fields (AKA write references and read references)

Status: NEW

(Webtools :: Searchfox, enhancement)

Description

[Kartikaya Gupta (email:[e-mail])]

Sometimes I just want to know all the places a particular field is assigned to. Right now I have to go to "Search for field <name>" and then inspect the "Uses" list for expressions where the field is on the LHS. It would be great if Searchfox could classify this for me instead.

Comment 1

[Botond Ballo [:botond]]

One thing to note is that a field can be modified without directly appearing on the LHS of an assignment. For example, a (non-const) pointer or reference to the field could be passed to a function, which then assigns to it.

In Eclipse, the classifications are called "read occurrences" and "write occurrences". Passing a non-const pointer or reference is classified as a "write occurrence" ("potential write occurrence" might be a better name, since the function may not *actually* write to the field).