I don't think that Visual assist will release a plugin for Code::Blocks at any license.
No, the Visual Assist Instrumentor should be released as GPL. Visual Assist would remain closed source, the Instrumentor would
implement the Visual Studio 6 COM interfaces needed by Visual Assist, like list of files in the project, what's the code editing window
handle and stuff like that.
This would be available only on Windows and for those who have bought a Visual Assist license. This would increase
Code::Blocks visibility / popularity in business environments! You cannot import Visual Studio 2008 project files in Visual Studio 6,
but you might in Code::Blocks! You cannot have SVN integration with Visual Studio 6 but you can with Code::Blocks!
I already have made a Visual Studio 6 keyboard layout for Code::Blocks, now I only need Visual Assist
Code::Blocks needs something like this to exit the hobby market and to be recognized as a viable business solution. The pricing for Visual Assist can be found
here, and with Code::Blocks it would make a cheaper
offer than
SlickEdit. Not to mention that Code::Blocks has integration to
CDB, which currently SlickEdit doesn't have.
You can easily deploy
Debugging Tools for Windows (17Mbytes) with Code::Blocks (10Mbytes) on your client's machine, in order to debug a corner case, the same is not so easy with Visual Studio 6, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008.
I don't think it's a shame of not having a good C++ CodeCompletion plugin, Microsoft was not able to do it for a decade, Visual Assist was, C++ is a difficult language to parse.
Think about it!
Cheers!