Re: Programming Style: Method Definition with or without a semicolon.
Re: Programming Style: Method Definition with or without a semicolon.
- Subject: Re: Programming Style: Method Definition with or without a semicolon.
- From: Graham Cox <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:25:24 +1100
On 17/10/2009, at 6:24 PM, Uli Kusterer wrote:
What do project templates have to do with code completion? The
comments don't mention how to customize code completion stubs
either. Did I overlook something?
I didn't say anything about code completion. I understood the OP to be
talking about the stubs inserted when subclassing various classes,
though now I read it again I may have got the wrong end of the stick.
If that's the case, sorry for the noise - and yes, that does open up a
cause for complaint here too.
The code completion for language elements is annoying - I like the
code completion for methods (mostly - still not as smart as they could
be) but the stupid completions for, e.g. else {...} annoy the hell out
of me and seemingly can't be turned off independently. That one's
especially grevious because when composing code when I get to an
'else' clause I often pause to collect my thoughts (or maybe have just
added a new if() clause above some existing code that becomes the
'else') and in either case get an immediate and incorrectly formatted
stub than needs to be backed out using undo before I can continue. The
'return-command-Z-continue typing' is already starting to become part
of my motor memory for any 'else' I type. Dumb, dumb, dumb.
The preferences for code completion need to be broken down into what
elements completions will be performed for - those that are just
language constructions need to be a) disableable and/or b)
templateable and for good measure c) much, much smarter about how they
fit in with any existing code that surrounds them. The current
implementation seems to assume that any code being written is new,
virgin code that is being typed into blank space. I would say that
that is rarely the case for most coding situations in the real world.
And its brace style is just adding insult to injury since it's forcing
a brace style that I don't use myself. Code completions should help,
not act like some Objective-C grammar Nazi, imposing someone else's
idea of good style on my code.
If there is a way to disable these insertions independently and I've
missed it, please someone, let me know how to do it.
--Graham
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