Re: [h-e-w] c++ editing , variable name completion

[Paul Kinnucan]

Paul Whitfield writes:
 > Paul Kinnucan wrote:
 > > Comparing dabbrev to Intellisense is like comparing a brain-damaged
 > > nonprogrammer having only short-term memory to a programmer with total
 > > recall and a complete command of C++ syntax and the fields and methods
 > > of all classes used in the current project including the class of
 > > the object at point. dabbrev only "knows" how to complete symbols
 > > in open buffers (i.e., in memory). It blindly cycles through every
 > > symbol in memory that might complete the text at point, regardless of
 > > context. If the symbol you want to complete is not in memory, you're
 > > out of luck. Further, if you ask dabbrev to complete obj.getFo and
 > > there is a symbol called getFoo in memory, dabbrev will offer getFoo
 > > as a completion even if the class of obj has no such method. This is
 > > very far from the kind of syntax-, context-, and type-aware method and
 > > field completion that the JDEE provides for Java or Microsoft's
 > > Intellisense facility provides for C++.
 > 
 > I valid point... however, dabrev is
 > 
 > a) Small
 > b) Quick
 > c) Works in languages / contexts other than C/C++
 > d) Is better than any alternatives than I know about.
 > 

Yes, but these points are beside the point. A user looking for an
Intellisense-like capability in Emacs doesn't care if dabbrev works
(occasionally) for languages other than C++.

- Paul