Re: [Gimp-developer] Development environment

[scl <scl gplus gmail com>]

Hi,

thank you for your answers until now.
I read there were some uncertainties about code refactoring.
Code refactoring means to rework the code to make it more readable, less 
complex, more maintainable and more extensible. Although the code is 
better to handle for developers then, its functionality does not change.
Usual code refactoring steps are for instance renaming variables and 
functions, extracting or inlining functions or breaking components into 
smaller parts with clear, simple-to-use interfaces (taken from the 
English Wikipedia [1]. A more detailed description can be found there).
Automated refactoring support is for instance finding all occurences of 
a specified variable or function in the project to rename them consistently.

Kind regards,

Sven

[1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_refactoring