Feature Index

Feature Index

Every registered feature, by the surface it is reached from. Generated by featuregen build --all from features\entries\*.json and the two imported families; do not edit by hand. See also Features for the grouped overview, Quick Help for one line per feature, and IDE Menu Reference for the menu layout.

Main menu

• About and Status -- drag-lint > About; About window: Check for Updates; About window: Close; About window: Copy Diagnostics (Current File); About window: Copy Report; About window: Diagnose Current State; About window: Import Build Log...; About window: Lint Buffer (Unsaved); About window: Open Plugin Log; About window: Recover Buffer-Compile Files; About window: Refresh; About window: Run AST Checks; About window: Run Diagnostics (didSave)
• Add Missing Units to uses (whole unit) -- drag-lint > Uses & Dependencies > Add Missing Units to uses (whole unit)...
• ask -- drag-lint > Reports
• Auto-Document Whole Project -- drag-lint > Generate & Export > Auto-Document Whole Project...
• Call Graph (Butterfly) -- drag-lint > Uses & Dependencies > Call Graph (Butterfly)...
• Circular Uses Report (cycles + fix plan) -- drag-lint > Uses & Dependencies > Circular Uses Report (cycles + fix plan)...
• Class Surface -- drag-lint > Inspect Symbol > Class Surface...
• Compile & Diagnose -- drag-lint > Compile & Diagnose
• Compile Buffer (unsaved) -- drag-lint > Compile Buffer (unsaved)
• Compile Dependents -- drag-lint > Compile Dependents
• Compiler Hints -- drag-lint > Code Quality > Compiler Hints...
• Copy Diagnostics (Current File) -- About window: Copy Diagnostics (Current File)
• Cycles fix (mechanical, compile-gated) -- drag-lint > Uses & Dependencies > Fix Circular Uses Mechanically (dry run)...
• deps-report -- drag-lint > Uses & Dependencies > Dependency Report (third-party rollup)...
• Doc Comment Stub (symbol) -- drag-lint > Generate & Export > Doc Comment Stub (symbol)...
• drag-lint Graph (dockable) -- drag-lint > drag-lint Graph (dockable)
• drag-lint Options -- drag-lint > drag-lint Options...
• drag-lint Panel (dockable) -- drag-lint > drag-lint Panel (dockable)
• Export Enums (Delphi const) -- drag-lint > Generate & Export > Export Enums (Delphi const)...
• Export Graph (DOT) -- drag-lint > Generate & Export > Export Graph (DOT)...
• Export to Obsidian -- drag-lint > Generate & Export > Export to Obsidian...
• Find Dead Code -- drag-lint > Code Quality > Find Dead Code...
• Find Undocumented (public) -- drag-lint > Code Quality > Find Undocumented (public)...
• Find Usages -- drag-lint > Find Usages...
• Format Whole Project with YADF -- drag-lint > Format Whole Project with YADF...
• Format with YADF -- drag-lint > Format with YADF
• Forms for testers (CSV) -- drag-lint > Reports > Forms for testers (CSV)...
• Full Compile Sweep -- drag-lint > Full Compile Sweep
• Go to Definition -- drag-lint > Go to Definition
• Hover at Cursor -- drag-lint > Hover at Cursor
• Impact / Blast Radius (symbol) -- drag-lint > Uses & Dependencies > Impact / Blast Radius (symbol)...
• Import Build Log -- About window: Import Build Log...
• Library Drift Check -- drag-lint > Index & Maintenance > Library Drift Check...
• Lint Buffer (Unsaved) -- About window: Lint Buffer (Unsaved)
• Open Plugin Log -- About window: Open Plugin Log
• Quick-Fix: Add Unit for Inline Hint (H2443) at Cursor -- drag-lint > Uses & Dependencies > Quick-Fix: Add Unit for Inline Hint (H2443) at Cursor
• Quick-Fix: Add Unit for Undeclared at Cursor (Ctrl+Alt+U) -- drag-lint > Uses & Dependencies > Quick-Fix: Add Unit for Undeclared at Cursor (Ctrl+Alt+U)
• Quick-Fix: Convert Public Field to Property at Cursor -- drag-lint > Convert Public Field to Property at Cursor
• Rebuild Index for This Project -- drag-lint > Index & Maintenance > Rebuild Index for This Project
• Reconcile Project Members (.dpr/.dproj) -- drag-lint > Uses & Dependencies > Reconcile Project Members (.dpr/.dproj)...
• Recover Buffer-Compile Files -- About window: Recover Buffer-Compile Files
• Rename Symbol -- drag-lint > Rename Symbol...
• Reverse Call Tree (who calls this, N-deep) -- drag-lint > Uses & Dependencies > Reverse Call Tree (who calls this, N-deep)...
• Run AST Checks -- About window: Run AST Checks
• Run Diagnostics (didSave) -- About window: Run Diagnostics (didSave)
• Run Lint All (Full Report) -- drag-lint > Code Quality > Run Lint All (Full Report)...
• Scan TODOs / FIXMEs -- drag-lint > Code Quality > Scan TODOs / FIXMEs...
• Show Completion -- drag-lint > Show Completion
• Show Resolved DBs (debug) -- drag-lint > Index & Maintenance > Show Resolved DBs (debug)...
• Show Signature Help -- drag-lint > Show Signature Help
• Show Structure -- drag-lint > Show Structure
• Show Wiring (Spring4D DI + DFM events) -- drag-lint > Uses & Dependencies > Show Wiring (Spring4D DI + DFM events)...
• Symbol Search -- drag-lint > Symbol Search...
• Symbol Slice -- drag-lint > Inspect Symbol > Symbol Slice...
• Top Symbols (fan-in) -- drag-lint > Code Quality > Top Symbols (fan-in)...
• Type at Cursor -- drag-lint > Inspect Symbol > Type at Cursor
• Unit Test Stub (symbol) -- drag-lint > Generate & Export > Unit Test Stub (symbol)...
• Uses & Deps Tab -- drag-lint > Uses & Dependencies > Uses & Deps Tab -- review & apply fixes...
• Uses Audit -- interface->impl moves + unused (this unit) -- drag-lint > Uses & Dependencies > Uses Audit -- interface->impl moves + unused (this unit)...
• Uses Cleanup Preview (compiler-verified, this unit) -- drag-lint > Uses & Dependencies > Uses Cleanup Preview (compiler-verified, this unit)...
• Uses Report (CSV) -- drag-lint > Uses & Dependencies > Uses Report (CSV)...

Right-click menus

• Allow this message -- Structure form: Allow this message
• Copy All Diagnostics -- Structure form: Copy All Diagnostics
• Copy Selected Diagnostics -- Structure form: Copy
• Create helper class -- Structure form: Create helper class
• Cycles fix (mechanical, compile-gated) -- Structure form: Fix this cycle (dry run)...; Structure form: Apply cycle fix...
• Document it -- Structure form: Document it
• Document project -- Structure form: Document project
• Document unit -- Structure form: Document unit
• drag-lint: Project Rules -- Project Manager: drag-lint: Project Rules
• Find Usages -- Structure form: Find Usages
• Fix all in project -- Structure form: Fix all in project
• Fix all in unit -- Structure form: Fix all in unit
• Fix all reliability (1.31.3) -- Structure form: Fix all in unit
• Fix it -- Structure form: Fix it
• Go to Declaration -- Structure form: Go to Declaration
• Go to Implementation -- Structure form: Go to Implementation
• Rename across every project that compiles a shared unit -- Structure form: Fix it; Structure form: Fix all in unit
• Rescan this unit -- Structure form: Rescan this unit
• Show in Call Graph -- Structure form: Show in Call Graph

Tool windows

• Cycles fix (mechanical, compile-gated) -- View > Tool Windows > drag-lint > Uses & Deps > This project -- Circular uses (cycles --fix)
• drag-lint Graph -- View > Tool Windows > drag-lint Graph
• drag-lint -- View > Tool Windows > drag-lint

CLI verbs

• About and Status -- info
• Add Missing Units to uses (whole unit) -- check-unit
• Allow this message -- allow
• allow -- allow
• ambiguous-calls -- ambiguous-calls
• ask -- ask
• Auto-Document Whole Project -- index, document
• bench-context -- bench-context
• butterfly -- butterfly
• Call Graph (Butterfly) -- reverse-calltree
• call-path -- call-path
• callgraph -- callgraph
• Chart questions -- ask
• Circular Uses Report (cycles + fix plan) -- cycles
• Class Surface -- surface
• Click-to-source: the draglint:// handler -- protocol
• Compare a report with current code -- compare
• compile-check -- compile-check
• Compiler Hints -- query hints
• context -- context
• convert-apply #migrate (member rename / DL_NONE) -- convert-apply
• convert-apply -- convert-apply
• convert-scaffold -- convert-scaffold
• convert-validate -- convert-validate
• Copy All Diagnostics -- lint
• Copy Diagnostics (Current File) -- lint
• Create helper class -- create-enum-helper
• create-enum-helper -- create-enum-helper
• Cycles fix (mechanical, compile-gated) -- cycles
• deps-report -- deps-report
• diff -- diff
• dl:wiki concept blocks -- wiki
• Doc Comment Stub (symbol) -- generate-docs
• doc-drift -- doc-drift
• doc-forget -- doc-forget
• Document it -- document
• Document project -- document
• Document unit -- document
• document-all -- document-all
• drag-lint: Project Rules -- rules
• dump-call-edges -- dump-call-edges
• dump-refs -- dump-refs
• exceptions-sync -- exceptions-sync
• Export Enums (Delphi const) -- export enums
• Export Graph (DOT) -- graph
• Export to Obsidian -- export obsidian
• extract-method -- extract-method
• fb-snapshot -- fb-snapshot
• Find Dead Code -- find-deadcode
• Find Undocumented (public) -- query find
• Find Usages -- usages
• find-callees -- find-callees
• find-unit -- find-unit
• Fix all in project -- lint-all
• Fix all in unit -- lint
• Fix all reliability (1.31.3) -- lint
• Fix it -- lint, uses-fix
• Format Whole Project with YADF -- format, index
• Format with YADF -- format
• Forms for testers (CSV) -- forms-csv
• Full Compile Sweep -- refresh-findings
• ghost-check -- ghost-check
• ghost-recover -- ghost-recover
• glyph-vacuum -- glyph-vacuum
• helpers-of -- helpers-of
• Hover at Cursor -- hover
• ide-release -- ide-release
• Impact / Blast Radius (symbol) -- impact
• Import Build Log -- import-log
• info -- info
• Library Drift Check -- library-drift
• link-orm -- link-orm
• Lint Buffer (Unsaved) -- lint
• Lint rules -- rules
• lint-project -- lint-project
• lint-tree -- lint-tree
• lsp -- lsp
• migrate-dbs -- migrate-dbs
• outline -- outline
• pp-profile -- pp-profile
• preprocess-file -- preprocess-file
• project-facts -- project-facts
• proptree -- proptree
• purge-locals -- purge-locals
• query --kind --all -- query
• query --name-like -- query
• query ancestors -- query ancestors
• query descendants -- query descendants
• query find-callers -- query find-callers
• query type-usage -- query type-usage
• query typecat -- query typecat
• query unit-usage -- query unit-usage
• Rebuild Index for This Project -- index
• Reconcile Project Members (.dpr/.dproj) -- reconcile-project
• Register the MCP server (Claude Code, VS Code) -- mcp-config
• register-project -- register-project
• Rename across every project that compiles a shared unit -- lint
• Rename Symbol -- rename
• Rescan this unit -- index
• Reverse Call Tree (clickable, Messages window) -- reverse-calltree
• Reverse Call Tree (who calls this, N-deep) -- reverse-calltree
• Run AST Checks -- check-ast
• Run Lint All (Full Report) -- lint-all
• safe-delete -- safe-delete
• Scan TODOs / FIXMEs -- todos
• schema -- schema
• serve -- serve
• shared-unit -- shared-unit
• Show in Call Graph -- reverse-calltree
• Show Resolved DBs (debug) -- resolve-dbs
• Show Wiring (Spring4D DI + DFM events) -- wiring
• shutdown -- shutdown
• sql -- sql
• Symbol Search -- query
• Symbol Slice -- slice
• Top Symbols (fan-in) -- top
• Type at Cursor -- typeat
• type-name-prefix: expected letter from the ancestor chain -- lint, lint-all, lint
• Unit Test Stub (symbol) -- generate-test
• usages -- usages
• Uses Audit -- interface->impl moves + unused (this unit) -- uses-audit
• Uses Cleanup Preview (compiler-verified, this unit) -- uses-fix
• Uses Report (CSV) -- uses-report
• wiki -- wiki
• workspace add -- workspace add
• workspace index -- workspace index
• workspace status -- workspace status

Scripts and tools

• Charts and the IDE -- procedure
• Circular Dependency Report (worked example) -- procedure
• Click-to-source: the draglint:// handler -- drag-lint-open.exe
• Convert progress -- ConvRulesEditor.exe
• ConvRulesEditor -- ConvRulesEditor.exe, ConvRulesEditor.exe
• Cycles fix (mechanical, compile-gated) -- charts\src\Emit-Cycles.ps1
• dl:wiki concept blocks -- procedure
• Effect Summary Legend -- procedure
• Feature registry -- tools\publish-release.ps1, procedure
• IDE Menu Reference -- procedure
• Installation -- drag-lint.exe, procedure
• Maintenance -- procedure
• Qualify #convert quick fix -- ConvRulesEditor.exe, ConvRulesEditor.exe
• Reindex project -- ConvRulesEditor.exe
• Setup installer -- procedure
• Where the charts find the engine and Graphviz -- procedure
• Work list -- ConvRulesEditor.exe

Diagrams and charts

Every chart question, by its drag-lint > Reports caption in RAD Studio. Outside the IDE ask the same question with charts\src\Ask-Report.ps1 -Question <id> -- see Charts and the IDE. Script paths are relative to a repository clone in v1.

• Callers and callees (butterfly chart) -- butterfly (Routine at the cursor)
• Who calls this routine -- who-calls (Routine at the cursor)
• What this routine calls -- what-it-calls (Routine at the cursor)
• Call path from this routine to another -- path (Routine at the cursor)
• What this routine changes (side effects) -- effects (Routine at the cursor)
• Which tables this routine touches -- touches-tables (Routine at the cursor)
• Which exceptions escape this routine -- exception-paths (Routine at the cursor)
• Does this routine leave the process -- crosses-boundary (Routine at the cursor)
• Where this protocol command travels -- protocol-trace (Routine at the cursor)
• What a change here would break -- change-impact (Routine at the cursor)
• Which tests reach this code -- tested-by (Routine at the cursor)
• Who writes this field -- who-writes (Field, property or grid column at the cursor)
• Who reads this field -- who-reads (Field, property or grid column at the cursor)
• What feeds this control (back to the column) -- feeds-from (Field, property or grid column at the cursor)
• Where this field lands in the database -- lands-where (Field, property or grid column at the cursor)
• Field round-trip (grid -> server -> SQL) -- round-trip (Field, property or grid column at the cursor)
• What this type exposes (class surface) -- class-surface (Type at the cursor)
• Ancestors and descendants (hierarchy) -- hierarchy (Type at the cursor)
• Who registers and resolves this interface -- wiring (Type at the cursor)
• Which handler runs on which event (form) -- event-wiring (Type at the cursor)
• Form lifecycle (create -> show -> destroy) -- lifecycle (Type at the cursor)
• Dependencies of this unit -- deps (This unit)
• Project architecture (layered zones) -- architecture (This project)
• Circular unit dependencies -- cycles (This project)
• Who uses this table or column -- consumers (Table or column (typed name))
• Where this database column is shown -- shown-where (Table or column (typed name))

Lint rules

One line per rule, linking the rule reference. Counts: see Features.

• abstract-method-instantiation -- resource-lifetime, warning
• assert-call -- other, info
• assert-with-side-effect -- project-wide, warning
• bare-except -- bug-patterns, info
• boolean-comparison-true -- dead-code, info, fixable
• boolean-expression-complexity -- complexity, info
• boolean-flag-parameter -- refactoring, hint
• boolean-result-returned-directly -- dead-code, info
• case-magic-numbers -- bug-patterns, info
• case-with-too-few-branches -- complexity, hint
• circular-uses -- project-wide, warning
• classname-string-compare -- bug-patterns, warning
• code-after-exit -- bug-patterns, warning
• cognitive-complexity -- complexity, info
• commented-out-code -- dead-code, hint
• comparison-same-operands -- bug-patterns, warning
• compiler-magic-comments -- other, info
• concat-in-loop -- other, info
• confusable-identifier -- naming, warning
• const-casing -- naming, info, fixable
• constant-condition -- bug-patterns, warning
• control-flow-in-finally -- bug-patterns, warning
• create-inside-try -- resource-lifetime, warning
• criticalsection-not-released -- bug-patterns, error
• cycle-participant-unit -- project-wide, info
• cyclomatic-complexity -- complexity, info
• dataset-open-without-close -- firedac, warning
• deep-inheritance -- metrics, info
• deep-nesting -- complexity, info
• default-encoding-io -- platform, warning
• dependent-project-not-recompiled -- project-wide, warning
• deprecated-rtl-function -- platform, info
• destructor-without-override -- resource-lifetime, warning
• dfm-hardcoded-credential -- security, warning
• dfm-property-not-declared -- project-wide, warning
• discarded-effect-free-result -- project-wide, info
• division-by-zero-literal -- bug-patterns, warning
• doc-drift -- documentation, warning, fixable
• doc-orphan-block -- documentation, warning
• doc-param-no-description -- documentation, warning
• doc-param-not-in-signature -- documentation, error
• double-free -- data-flow, warning
• duplicate-code -- complexity, info
• duplicate-exception-handler -- bug-patterns, warning
• duplicate-global-decl -- project-wide, warning
• empty-case-branch -- bug-patterns, info
• empty-conditional -- bug-patterns, warning
• empty-except -- bug-patterns, warning
• empty-finally -- bug-patterns, warning
• empty-loop-body -- bug-patterns, warning
• empty-on-handler -- bug-patterns, warning
• empty-procedure-body -- bug-patterns, info
• enum-helper-separate-units -- project-wide, warning
• enum-read-inside-with -- bug-patterns, warning
• exception-constructed-but-not-raised -- bug-patterns, warning
• exhaustive-enum-case -- bug-patterns, warning
• fan-in -- metrics, info
• fan-out -- metrics, info
• feature-envy -- refactoring, info
• field-by-name-in-loop -- firedac, warning
• field-name-prefix -- naming, info, fixable
• firedac-open-execsql-mismatch -- firedac, warning
• float-equality-comparison -- bug-patterns, warning
• format-argument-count -- bug-patterns, error
• format-specifier-type-mismatch -- bug-patterns, error
• freeandnil-on-interface -- resource-lifetime, warning
• function-result-ignored -- dead-code, hint
• function-result-not-set -- data-flow, warning
• gettickcount-wraparound -- platform, warning
• global-form-variable -- bug-patterns, warning
• global-only-uses-edge -- project-wide, info
• god-class -- project-wide, info
• goto-statement -- structure, warning
• hardcoded-absolute-path -- security, info
• hardcoded-connection-string -- security, warning
• hardcoded-credential -- security, warning
• hardcoded-ip-address -- security, info
• high-coupling -- metrics, info
• high-response -- metrics, info
• hungarian-or-short-identifier -- naming, info
• identical-then-else -- dead-code, warning
• ifdef-undefined-symbol -- project-wide, warning
• ifthen-both-branches -- bug-patterns, warning
• inherited-bare -- other, info
• inline-assembly -- platform, info
• inline-comment-in-multiline-args -- structure, warning
• insecure-temp-file -- security, warning
• instability -- metrics, info
• interface-object-mixing -- resource-lifetime, info
• interface-reference-cycle -- project-wide, warning
• large-magic-number -- bug-patterns, info
• layering-violation -- project-wide, warning
• length-zero-compare -- bug-patterns, info
• local-field-prefix -- naming, info, fixable
• local-var-casing -- naming, info, fixable
• locale-sensitive-conversion -- platform, warning
• loop-control-flag -- refactoring, hint
• loop-executes-at-most-once -- bug-patterns, warning
• loop-var-after-loop -- data-flow, warning
• lossy-cast -- bug-patterns, info
• low-cohesion -- metrics, info
• magic-literal -- refactoring, hint
• message-chain -- refactoring, hint
• method-pascalcase -- naming, info, fixable
• method-too-long -- complexity, info
• middle-man -- refactoring, info
• missing-doc -- documentation, warning, fixable
• missing-inherited-ctor -- bug-patterns, warning
• missing-inherited-dtor -- bug-patterns, warning
• multiple-statements-per-line -- structure, hint
• mutable-global-variable -- refactoring, info
• nativeint-truncation -- platform, warning
• nested-with -- structure, warning
• nil-comparison -- bug-patterns, info, fixable
• not-assigned-interface -- data-flow, warning
• not-comparison-precedence -- bug-patterns, warning
• not-in-precedence -- bug-patterns, warning
• object-leak -- data-flow, info
• off-by-one-count -- bug-patterns, warning, fixable
• out-param-not-set -- data-flow, warning
• outputdebugstring -- other, info
• overwrite-before-read -- data-flow, warning
• param-name-prefix -- naming, info, fixable
• parser-error -- bug-patterns, error
• path-traversal -- security, warning
• pchar-arithmetic -- platform, warning
• property-references-itself -- bug-patterns, warning
• public-field -- structure, info
• public-writable-field -- refactoring, info
• query-name-with-effect -- project-wide, info
• raise-bare-exception -- bug-patterns, warning, fixable
• raise-in-finally -- bug-patterns, warning
• redundant-as-tobject -- dead-code, info, fixable
• redundant-assigned-free -- resource-lifetime, info, fixable
• redundant-cast -- dead-code, hint, fixable
• redundant-not-not -- dead-code, info, fixable
• redundant-parentheses -- dead-code, hint, fixable
• referenced-never-set -- dead-code, warning
• repeated-else-if-condition -- bug-patterns, warning
• repeated-type-switch -- refactoring, info
• reraise-loses-stack -- bug-patterns, warning
• reserved-word-casing -- naming, info, fixable
• review-marker-malformed -- review-markers, hint
• review-marker-placeholder-hash -- review-markers, hint
• review-marker-reason-unreviewed -- review-markers, hint
• review-marker-stale -- review-markers, hint
• review-marker-unused -- review-markers, hint
• self-assignment -- bug-patterns, warning, fixable
• separate-query-from-modifier -- refactoring, info
• sizeof-pointer-assumption -- platform, warning
• sleep-in-vcl -- bug-patterns, warning
• split-variable -- refactoring, info
• sql-injection-concat -- security, warning
• stat-gated-destructive -- bug-patterns, warning
• string-equality-comparison -- bug-patterns, info
• syntax-error -- bug-patterns, error
• too-many-children -- metrics, info
• too-many-exit-points -- complexity, info
• too-many-locals -- complexity, info
• too-many-parameters -- complexity, info
• try-except-swallowed -- bug-patterns, warning
• type-name-prefix -- naming, info, fixable
• ui-access-in-thread -- bug-patterns, warning
• unbalanced-begin-end -- bug-patterns, warning
• unit-name-matches-file -- naming, info
• unit-not-in-dpr -- project-wide, warning
• unit-too-large -- complexity, info
• unprotected-object-free -- resource-lifetime, warning
• unsafe-shellexecute -- security, error
• unsafe-string-api -- platform, warning
• unsafe-typecast-without-is -- bug-patterns, warning
• unused-local -- dead-code, hint, fixable
• unused-parameter -- dead-code, warning
• unused-private-member -- project-wide, warning
• unused-public-symbol -- project-wide, info
• unused-unit-in-uses -- project-wide, warning
• uppercase-compare -- bug-patterns, warning, fixable
• uppercase-compare-always-false -- bug-patterns, error, fixable
• use-after-free -- resource-lifetime, warning
• used-before-assignment -- data-flow, error
• used-unit-not-resolvable -- project-wide, warning
• uses-global-census -- project-wide, info
• virtual-method-in-constructor -- bug-patterns, warning
• weak-random-for-security -- security, warning
• win64-pointer-cast -- platform, warning
• with-hides-outer-symbol -- bug-patterns, warning
• with-multiple-items -- structure, warning
• with-statement -- structure, info
• write-only-local -- data-flow, info
• writeln-in-source -- other, info