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> rethink the UI of autocomplete ... maybe one could type out the variable(s) one wants to use, select them and then have the ask the language analyzer to sugge
by sundarurfriend 4y ago
> rethink the UI of autocomplete ... maybe one could type out the variable(s) one wants to use, select them and then have the ask the language analyzer to suggest functions?
This wasn't mentioned in this blog post, but the NEWS.md with a more complete changelog mentions a new feature in the REPL
> ?(x, y followed by TAB displays all methods that can be called with arguments x, y, .... (The space at the beginning prevents entering help-mode.) MyModule.?(x, y limits the search to MyModule.
There's long been discussion of this kind of redesigned autocomplete UI that's suitable for this paradigm, in the Julia community. I really like this solution that they ultimately went with.