C# autocomplete

Gaston Verelst

"Telepatic Typing" :)

GuyThiebaut

Yep, the new autocomplete is damn fine - knows what I need next before I have even thought of it :laugh:

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I'm using VS22 on a daily basis and still cannot get used how good intelli-sense is. This is where AI really shines for me. Not trying to ChatGPT the code for me but helping with more clear syntax and typing.

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Dan Neely

That sort of subtle error is why I disabled the fancier auto complete stuff after a week or two. Checking for them and fixing the ones I saw took as long as manually entering the code. Debugging the ones I missed often took a lot longer because the code that was failing wasn't the same as the code I thought I'd created; and those problems normally take me longer to find than ones where it's a logic error.

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jschell

Sort of like self driving cars? It catches even ones that you might miss but the ones it does miss can be real killers?

TNCaver

This feature has probably inspired more love for Visual Studio than any other in its long history.

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englebart

Some libraries use a “fake” end of list, so you would want < on those. Trying to access the end would throw an exception. Like EOF with some DB record sets.

englebart

So now senior devs will have to debug all of the incorrect suggestions accepted by the nube devs.(?) Been there before…was happy when the nube decided to change groups. Eclipse has had good completion help for a long time, but many times, none of the suggestions are suitable! The nube tried to code EVERYTHING by choosing one of the suggestions.

Bruno van Dooren

Having autocomplete doesn't absolve you of the need to think about what you do. From what I see, C# knows pretty well when to suggest something and when not to. And when it does, you still need to check if <= was needed instead of < etc

the Kris

How did it "miss" that? That might've been the correct choice. Working with inclusive begin exclusive end ranges is the only method that works consistently without getting gaps or overlaps when using not just integers but also floats or date-times. You'll find this in many libraries, e.g. std c++ containers.

BryanFazekas

Marc Clifton wrote:

If you wonder why I don't just do search&replace for this kind of change, it's weird, it give my brain some breathing room to consider the question "does this change actually make sense?" There are times when I realize, nope. Ctrl+Z time, lol.

Ditto! Some times a global search-n-replace will do exactly what is needed, but other times? In carpentry the rule is "measure twice, cut once". In IT it should be "think twice, change once". :laugh: Ctrl-Z works ... IF the problem is caught soon enough.

Gary Wheeler

Marc Clifton wrote:

I type so fast that often the IDE makes the correct suggestion

Interesting, Marc. My typing habits have altered to wait the ½ second or so for the auto-complete to appear and use it if appropriate. I've even had to disable some of the auto-completions since they were disruptive. If you have a seizure disorder the number of popups, tooltips, and other visual gewgaws in Studio these days are more than enough to trigger a grand mal episode. I develop in both C# and C++, and the C++ auto-complete is still poor in comparison. Switching to a C++ project is irritating for a while when my fingers are thinking "c'mon, you know this crap, pop up the name already" :rolleyes:.

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englebart

I was thinking of C++ std library as well. I am not sure if newer C# libraries follow C++ or not.

Mark Starr

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it give my brain some breathing room to consider the question "does this change actually make sense?

:thumbsup: Doing that gives my brain time to think through - contemplate - the ramifications of the change. Almost like a meditation. Also it let’s me see/verify exactly where the change is applied.

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