CDT 4.0 - New and Noteworthy

CDT 4.0 includes new features in the Editor, new Code Navigation tools, debugger enhancements, and other improvements.
Editor

Code Folding

Now you can collapse and expand blocks of comments and code in C and C++ files.

The same code folded up:

Code Folding Options:

Code Navigation Views

Include Browser

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Call Hierarchy

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Type Hierarchy

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Parser Improvements

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Debugger

GDB Hardware Debugging

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Breakpoint Actions

You can now attach actions to a breakpoint. These are additional activities performed when a breakpoint is hit. CDT 4.0 comes with four standard actions that: play a sound, log text to an expression to the console, resume execution, or run an external tool.

 

Contextual Launch Support

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Other Improvements

MinGW Toolchain Integration

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IBM xlC Toolchain Integration

xlc and xlC toolchain integration is available. When you create a new project, select one of the XLC project types.

xlC compiler options:

Task Tags

The Task View now includes entries based on tags in your C/C++ source files.

Task Tag options: