c++ code completion status report

[Eray Ozkural (exa)]

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On Monday 07 January 2002 08:09, Loy wrote:
> > Is that 0.5 seconds going to grow when we are
> > dealing with complex codes,
> > such as one that #include's a good collection of kde
> > libraries?
> >
> > Fearsome.
>
> another approach, aside from timed refresh, is by
> monitoring the TIMESTAMP of these files.  rarely would
> a system screw-up on its timestamp of files, so its
> reliable.

Well yes, I'd mentioned that. You have to do a dependency analysis on each 
processed file and store the output of type analysis. The difficult issue 
being here is that type analysis is _not_ a tree of class information. I 
still maintain that you have to write 1/2 of the complete C++ semantic 
analysis for proper code completion. Whether it's worth it, I have no idea.

OTOH, many other IDEs that do code completion would seem to rely on compiler 
specific features. I recall that Borland's code completion was indeed 
complete whereas Microsoft's code completion had occasional success. I 
suggest we refrain from using a weak method wherever possible.

I'm hearing that Thomas is writing a C++ grammar. That is doable, but the 
hard part is the semantics. Is he constructing complete C++ type information 
as well?

Thanks,

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Eray Ozkural (exa) <erayo at cs.bilkent.edu.tr>
Comp. Sci. Dept., Bilkent University, Ankara
www: http://www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr/~erayo
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