Best Python IDE Code Completion!

[yshurik]

John wrote:

> Hi,
>   Could you give your opinions on the best code completion in Python
> IDEs. My only complaint with PythonWin has been that the code
> completion support is incomplete. The interactive mode has better
> behavior than the editor. Tried to fix it but could not. Boa is not
> too different. At least when I last checked (a few months ago) Komodo
> and Visual Python were not very different either.
> 
>   Wing IDE seems converse. The editor auto list members is great but
> has no calltips. The interactive window has no completion at all.
> 
>   I have not checked PythonWorks and Black Adder in a while but their
> web sites do not seem to brag much in this direction.

About BlackAdder: because it is oriented to GUI programming.
in version 1.1 it will have completion for Qt classes and functions.
and completion to all words which happens in edited text.
(it is Vi - like style of completion - Ctrl-N, Ctrl-P)

> 
>   Python has great introspective capabilities and we have a great open
> contributing community. What technical difficulties keep us from
> having REAL code completion like MS, Borland and several Java IDEs
> (All of which have been funded at one time or the other if not
> entirely - perhaps this is the reason?)
> 
>   For me, code completion is a very important part of the coding
> experience and I really miss it in Python in it's full effect.

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