Description Marco Massenzio 2005-10-30 09:03:45 EST

I have reproduced the following on both Linux and Win2k installation of Eclipse 3.1

When entering the following code (or similar) Eclipst tries to access the
context content help if one enters a 'dot' after an enum variable (eg, after
MyEnumVar) and never 'comes back' - one chan hear it accessing the hard disk
continuously but no amount of waiting will do.  The only resort is to 'kill'
Eclipse and restard.

Although I am aware this is not intended and only the result of mis-typing, it
should not cause such a dramatic failure (especially as the ',' key - a natural
thing to enter in a list of enums - is just next to the '.' key - a not so
natural thing to type, admittedly) and might cause a significant amount of
typing to go to waste.

I have a feeling this is due to nested recursive calls when trying to resolve types.

Code example:

public enum MyEnum {
  MyEnumVar("myvar"),
// enter dot here -^  
  AnotherEnumVar("anothervar");

  private MyEnum(String s) {
    this.value = new String(s);
  }
  private final String value;

  public String value() { return s; }
}

the code otherwise compiles and works.