IDE reverse auto-complete

By Adrian Smith8 Apr 2012100 words1 mins to read

It just occurred to me that the following might be possible, and not only is it possible, Eclipse already does it.

Normally IDE auto-complete works forwards, i.e. you declare your variables, and then when you come to use them, they are suggested.

But it can/does also work the other way around. You use a variable which is undefined, then place your cursor above the usage and start to declare it, and it fills in name of the variable you want to define for you.

This article was written by Adrian Smith on 8 Apr 2012

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