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Compiler support for better autocompletion in X10DT

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Autocomplete is a major helper for anybody learning a new language(library), but it has issues in x10dt
Example: modify a standard Hello example: comment out the Console.OUT.print line and try to recreate it on your own:
public static def main(Array[String])

{ Console. //Console.OUT.println("Hello, World!"); }

After typing Console. press CTRL-space. NOTHING happens. It only works on a completed statement, which is useless for novices - I am trying to get help on completing the statement in the first place!

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David Grove added a comment -

Agreed that auto-complete on invomplete statements is a key use case. Not sure how easy this will be to support, but we can take a look.

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David Grove added a comment - Agreed that auto-complete on invomplete statements is a key use case. Not sure how easy this will be to support, but we can take a look.
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David Grove added a comment -

The main workitem is to do work to the X10 parser so that it can recover enough context from syntactically incomplete programs to enable useful autocomplate.

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David Grove added a comment - The main workitem is to do work to the X10 parser so that it can recover enough context from syntactically incomplete programs to enable useful autocomplate.
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David Grove added a comment -

bulk defer of 2.3.0 open issues to 2.3.1.

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David Grove added a comment - bulk defer of 2.3.0 open issues to 2.3.1.
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David Grove added a comment -

bulk defer to 2.3.2

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David Grove added a comment - bulk defer to 2.3.2
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Mandana Vaziri added a comment -

This is not an X10DT issue and has to do with the compiler front-end's ability to provide more or less accurate ASTs in the presence of syntax errors.

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Mandana Vaziri added a comment - This is not an X10DT issue and has to do with the compiler front-end's ability to provide more or less accurate ASTs in the presence of syntax errors.
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David Grove added a comment -

Reopened and assigned to compiler front-end.

Work needs to be done in the parser/front-end to be more tolerant of syntax errors when generating ASTs, thus enabling auto-completion in X10DT to be more effective.

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David Grove added a comment - Reopened and assigned to compiler front-end. Work needs to be done in the parser/front-end to be more tolerant of syntax errors when generating ASTs, thus enabling auto-completion in X10DT to be more effective.

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    Julian Rozentur
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