Re: auto completion

["Richard F Weber" <rfweber@link.com>]

Speaking of which, this brings up a small problem I conveniently ignored 
when working on my parser.  Is there a way to search for symbols in a 
given set of files?

For example, in Ada, you can "Use" a file (basically include it), and 
then do a "with" to reduce the namespace.  This tends to make it tough 
if you do a "Use pkg_a; with pkg_a" & "Use pkg_b; with pkg_b", and a 
call is made to a function called "func1".  Which package do you 
reference to?  How do you know if "func1" belongs to pkg_a or pkg_b?

I did find a routine called get_symbol, but I'm having a heck of a time 
trying to figure out how to call it right, and what is necessary.  Is 
there any other routine I can use to do quick queries like that against 
the database, or will I have to dig into the DB_API to write my own?

This seems to tie right in because the editor could be set-up to analyze 
on the fly which files are included in, and offer those symbols as 
automatic completion for the end-user to use.

Thanks.

--Rich

David Capel wrote:

>Are there any plans to add tab-completion on symbol names in the editor,
>along the lines of the Emacs "hippie-expand" packages? ( Or does this
>feature already exist and I've missed it? ) I work with a set of C++
>libraries which have some very long class/member/function names, and
>this feature is indispensible.
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>Source Navigator is a great project. Keep up the good work!
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>David
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