New Warrior

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Code Warrior improvements

Just as this review was going to press, Metrowerks delivered its latest release, CW4. My perusal of the new version showed a number of incremental improvements:


-- new C/C++ and Pascal compiler releases
-- the ability to debug PowerPC shared libraries
-- the ability to debug various third-party extensions such as XCMDs,
   as well as Quark and Photoshop add-ons
-- a new PowerPC math library
-- compilation of in-line functions into precompiled headers
-- the official 1.0 release of the PowerPlant framework
-- a hierarchical layout in the IDE Project Manager window that lets you
   collapse and expand segments; also, the ability to name segments
   from within the IDE
-- the ability to include resource files directly in the project list
-- the full set of projects from Power Macintosh Programming Starter Kit
   by
 BYTE's own Tom Thompson
-- New documentation, including C/C++ in Five Days by Philip Machanick


   One of the most interesting changes in CW4 is how in-line functions are included in precompiled headers. According to Metrowerks, CW4 will compile MacApp applications in less than 50 percent of the space previously required. Also, this last-minute review of CW4 reminded me that Metrowerks fully supports one of my favorite programming tools, The Debugger by Jasik Designs, on both the 68030 and the PowerPC.