C++ source code text editor with .h .cpp sync support

Is t开发者_Python百科here a (free) text editor that automatically synchronizes method declarations so that if I update method definition in a .CPP then its declaration in the .H gets updated automatically (and vice versa)?

Better yet, present the class' source code in a single editor view and generate .H and .CPP from it automatically.

MS Visual Studio has some support for that, but its not free.

If you're editing a stable library then you do not want this, because you really care about when you change an interface -- since it probably means you're breaking compatibility with something else.

If you're in the rapid-prototyping stage, then why not put all your definitions in the header file, and worry about separating them into the implementation file later.

That said, I know of nothing that actually does what you want, so:

If you want to implement this, I'd suggest writing a third header&implementation file (that the compiler never sees), which you actually edit, and then adding a pre-compilation stage that automatically splits it into header and source. You'll probably want to annotate include directives to show where they need to be.

Take a look at makeheaders. It does not provide parallel editing features, but instead generates headers from your source files.

KDevelop has some support for it. Not flawless, but it is pretty good. One of my projects is cross platform, and whenever I need to expand my code, I prefer KDevelop over Visual Studio.