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Re: auto-complete doesn't understand local vs. global variables

To: REALbasic Betas <realbasic-betas at lists dot realsoftware dot com>
Subject: Re: auto-complete doesn't understand local vs. global variables
From: Thomas Tempelmann <listuser at tempel dot org>
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 10:55:30 -0700
Matt Neuburg wrote:

>The problem here, you understand, is that autocomplete is too good. A user
>will quickly come to rely on it to find out what properties are available.
>...
>since autocomplete is *the* mechanism by which one learns
>about plug-in-based properties such as MySQLDatabase, the better it works,
>the better.

Good point. Same here. I use autocomplete already instead of looking at
the docs most times when I need to find a property or method. So I rely
on autocomplete very much. If autocomplete makes errors, this is very
confusing. I found, e.g., that "Ubound" sometimes works with autocomplete
and sometimes not. This is awkward.

> ("Implicit Self Called Harmful", don't get me started)

You name it!

Thomas


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