Lines of code.

[Valik]

Decided to find a tool to count how big AutoIt is. I found this. Here are the results:

http://cloc.sourceforge.net v 1.08  T=391.0 s (20.0 files/s, 3209.4 lines/s)
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Language          files     blank   comment      code    scale   3rd gen. equiv
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HTML               7106     70907       321    670272 x   1.90 =     1273516.80
C++                 267     29483     28317    139905 x   1.51 =      211256.55
C                    99     20149     49232    135253 x   0.77 =      104144.81
C/C++ Header        258      7201     11790     29932 x   1.00 =       29932.00
Bourne Shell         11      3850      4793     28949 x   3.81 =      110295.69
m4                    2       863        43      7321 x   1.00 =        7321.00
Assembly             20      1166      1965      3443 x   0.25 =         860.75
Teamcenter def        6         2         0      1861 x   1.00 =        1861.00
yacc                  1       156        17      1039 x   1.51 =        1568.89
Tcl/Tk                1        19         2       920 x   4.00 =        3680.00
CSS                   8       144        72       815 x   1.00 =         815.00
make                  5       159       114       773 x   2.50 =        1932.50
Python                7       103       237       631 x   4.20 =        2650.20
Pascal                1        76       127       617 x   0.88 =         542.96
Perl                  4       116        93       426 x   4.00 =        1704.00
lex                   1        50         7       345 x   1.00 =         345.00
DOS Batch            10        46        39       183 x   0.63 =         115.29
IDL                   1         5         0       159 x   3.80 =         604.20
Visual Basic         18        70        76       118 x   2.76 =         325.68
Javascript            1        20         4        92 x   1.48 =         136.16
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SUM:               7827    134585     97249   1023054 x   1.71 =     1753608.48
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A bit of qualification: Most of the HTML is auto-generated. I think the C code is PCRE and SQLite. Some of the C++ code is SciTE/Scintilla. A couple things I can't account for unless they are files in 3rd-party source trees. Also keep in mind this tool does not count AutoIt lines. I actually wish it did because that would be a huge number with all the libraries, examples, test, build scripts, et cetera.

[Nutster]

I seem to recall that at some time, there were 14 projects on SourceForge that were using AutoItV3 as their source language.

[Richard Robertson]

You can add AutoIt. http://cloc.sourceforge.net/#custom_lang

[Valik]

I suspected it was possible but didn't expect it to be so "easy". Thanks for the link, Richard. If I find time I'll see if I can get it working with AutoIt and then give a full report including AutoIt files.

[Richard Robertson]

It wasn't hard to find. It's a little more than half way down the page you already linked to.

[Valik]

Here's a new count that includes AutoIt:

http://cloc.sourceforge.net v 1.08  T=482.0 s (21.3 files/s, 4059.8 lines/s)
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Language                     files          blank        comment           code
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HTML                          7104          70893            321         670214
C++                            267          29461          28194         139903
C                               99          20149          49232         135253
AutoIt                        2448          27352         563220         111525
C/C++ Header                   258           7202          11791          29935
Bourne Shell                    12           3856           4793          29012
m4                               2            863             44           7320
Assembly                        20           1166           1965           3443
Teamcenter def                   6              2              0           1861
yacc                             1            156             17           1039
Tcl/Tk                           1             19              2            920
CSS                              8            144             72            815
make                             5            159            114            773
Python                           7            103            237            631
Pascal                           1             76            127            617
Perl                             4            116             93            426
lex                              1             50              7            345
DOS Batch                       10             46             39            183
IDL                              1              5              0            159
Visual Basic                    18             70             76            118
Javascript                       1             20              4             92
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SUM:                         10274         161908         660348        1134584
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The count may be a bit inflated because I don't know how to get cloc to detect #cs ... #ce. Following the instructions at the link Richard provided I ran:

cloc-1.08.exe --write-lang-def=my_definitions.txt

I added the following lines to my_definitions.txt:

AutoIt
    filter remove_matches ^\s*;
    extension au3
    extension auh
    3rd_gen_scale 1.0

Invoked on my AutoIt working copy as such:

cloc-1.08.exe --read-lang-def=my_definitions.txt -no3 <Path to AutoIt working copy>

Edited September 21, 2009 by Valik

[Richard Robertson]

Only about 1.1 million lines of code. Sounds like AutoIt is well on its way to becoming a medium sized program.

[Valik]

No, it's only around 300,000 lines. Most of the code is auto-generated HTML.

[Richard Robertson]

Still a small program than.

[Valik]

I would still call AutoIt medium sized. What it lacks in lines of code it makes up for in number of files. There are 7201 unique files in a fresh SVN Export. Practically every function has a TXT file (which is converted to HTML) and an example AU3 file. Any behavioral change to the language requires writing/updating the source code, documentation and example. In some cases it requires updating other examples that use the specified feature. For that task I am using grepWin to find stuff in the files. Also, we obviously use Subversion and this would be a colossal nightmare without it. The project can still be maintained by a single individual... but usage of good tools is pretty much a requirement at this point. You can tell when I started using grepWin because I started being more thorough about tracking down all instances of a particular change such as finding and removing all references to ColorMode, ensuring all the AdlibEnable()/AdlibDisable() stuff is using the new AdlibRegister()/AdlibUnRegister(), et cetera.

[Richard Robertson]

I've never written a program over probably 50000 lines. That number may even be pushing it.

It's good to know you all work hard.

[Zedna]

Interesting information.

Thanks for sharing Valik.