auto-complete implementation idea - need feedback

[Ary Borenszweig]

Rakan Alhneiti a écrit :
> davidl wrote:
>> 在 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:00:09 +0800，Rakan Alhneiti 
>> <rakan at nospam.gmail.com> 写道:
>>
>>> Hello
>>> As you might have noticed on dsource, i am implementing a text-editor 
>>> using DWT called IntelliD.
>>>
>>> I have an idea about implementing auto-complete and need professional 
>>> feedback about it.
>>> As i am not experienced with writing a full-front-end parser, i got 
>>> this idea about implementing auto-complete for object oriented 
>>> features as follows:
>>>
>>> a folder called Editor will be the parent directory,
>>> /Editor
>>> -- /D which will be a directory for D language, i am planning to 
>>> support other langs as well
>>> ---- /tango
>>> /phobos
>>> /dwt
>>> /gtkD
>>> ...etc
>>>
>>> each sub folder in parent "D" folder will contain a set of files 
>>> related to the library involved. These files will represent a class 
>>> in related library folder that will contain defintions of methods and 
>>> properties available in that class.
>>> example
>>> /Editor/D/DWT/Button.d
>>> will contain all methods and properties available in DWT's button 
>>> class in this format
>>>
>>> void setText(char[] text)
>>>
>>> my editor will parse that and provide it in the list of Intellisense 
>>> or auto-complete functionality in addition to using it in providing 
>>> call-tips which will show a small label when calling that function 
>>> providing information about the parameters, names, types ...etc
>>>
>>> What do you think?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Rakan
>>
>> of course it's useful & cool!
>>
> Thanks,
> Would you think that the implementation of such an idea is any good too?

You'll have to give it a try. At least for me, even thinking ahead how 
to optimize things, a trial an error approach was necessary (I didn't 
want to, but it ended that way).