Good Non-Commerical (free) Refactoring Tool for Visual Studio 2005/Visual C++ 8.0? [closed]

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We have a rather large codebase in C++ here that needs some refactoring; since it's generally bad to start from scratch, I was wondering if t开发者_JAVA百科here were any good free code refactoring tools for Visual Studio 2005/Visual C++ 8.0?

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I know I'm not exactly answering your question, but I recommend Visual Assist X. Download a trial and checks if it attends to your needs, because I think it's worth every dollar. It has been some time since I last used the software (mostly because now I use C# rather than C++ in my projects), but it was a vital tool for me when I was working for a company that developed games (which are quite complex in nature).

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I don't know how good it is since I don't use it (I use the non-free Visual Assist), but DevExpress has Refactor! for C++, which is free as in gratis. It's specified to work with VS2005 and VS2008. It's the only free one I'm aware of (outside of whatever refactorings are built in to Visual Studio).

Note, however, that I don't think it'll work in the free Visual Studio Express.

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Other than DevExpress's Refactor! for C++ (which I'd forgotten about, thanks Michael), the only free solution I'm aware of is to install Eclipse CDT, use its refactoring support when you need to refactor, and use Visual C++ for everything else. A bit ugly, but it works.

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Refactor was incorporated into CodeRush, and was no longer a free tool. Now it no longer supports C++ at all:

C++ language support in CodeRush is deprecated as of 31 May 2013.

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https://www.devexpress.com/Products/CodeRush/cpp11.xml