[news.eclipse.tools.pdt] Re: auto completion on "static" classes

[roy@xxxxxxxx (Roy Ganor)]

Can you file an issue about it?

sounds very important to me too.
- Roy


Nikolai Plath wrote:

> Hello,
> i am a frequent newsgroup reader, but not a frequent writer.

> I have a simple question on a simple problem... at least in my personal
> opinion.

> The problem is about auto completion on so called "static" classes.

> "Project" layout:

> project
>   |--static.php
>   |--test.php

> static.php
> --------------
> class theStaticClass
> {
> 	/**
> 	 * My lil test
> 	 *
> 	 * @return void
> 	 */
> 	function theStaticMethod()
> 	{
> 		echo 'dummy';
> 	}
> }

> test.php
> --------------
> the	+Ctrl SPC expands to
> theStaticClass::
> theStaticClass::the	+Ctrl SPC -> no completions available

> typing by hand:
> theStaticClass::theStaticMethod();
> on mouse hover gives me full information of class AND method in
> tooltip... ???

> just trying:
> $s = new the	+Ctrl SPC expands to
> $s = new theStaticClass();

> $s->	tooltip shows inmediately the available method...

> --------

> So this is why I still use PDT 1.0.3 for my everyday/night work where AC
> on static classes works exeptionally well.

> Currently I am working on some Joomla! projects (http://joomla.org)
> which uses static classes all over the place for translation and HTML
> output.

> I have tried a lot of PDT 2 releases from nightly over I/M to so called
> "stable"...sry

> The good news is that mark occurences is getting better and better -
> this one makes me switching "back" from time to time to PHPEclipse when
> I have to deal with extraneous code - please keep working on this one -
> it's pretty useful ;)

> Memory consumption on debugging also semms to be ok now.

> But - sorry - auto completion, in my very personal opinion (maybe), is
> one of the most important features.

> So I can not vote +1 as a happy PDT 2 user - but I am still a very happy
> PDT 1 user :)

> But hey - maybe the problem, as usual, is on my side and i am doing
> something terribly wrong. So please foregive me - teach me - and you
> will have another happy PDT 2 user.

> Regards,
> Nikolai

> PS: not sure if this could be OS related - i am on Linux :)