python IDE and function definition

[Fabio Zadrozny]

On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Chris Friesen <cbf123 at mail.usask.ca> wrote:

> On 09/23/2013 09:32 AM, Fabio Zadrozny wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 12:06 PM, Chris Friesen <cbf123 at mail.usask.ca
>> <mailto:cbf123 at mail.usask.ca>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>     Hi all,
>>
>>     I'm looking for a python IDE (for Linux) that can look at code like
>>     this:
>>
>>     class ConductorManager(manager.__**Manager):
>>
>>          def compute_recover(self, context, instance):
>>              self.compute_api.stop(context, instance, do_cast=False)
>>
>>     where I could highlight the "stop" and ask it to go to the
>>     definition. (Where the definition is in a different file.)
>>
>>     I'm running into issues where my current IDE (I'm playing with
>>     Komodo) can't seem to locate the definition, I suspect because it's
>>     too ambiguous.
>>
>>     The fact that python is dynamically typed seems to mean that there
>>     could potentially be multiple answers, any class with a stop()
>>     method with the right signature could presumably be plausible,
>>     right?  So rather than give up, I'd like to have my IDE suggest all
>>     possible answers.
>>
>>
>>
>> PyDev (http://pydev.org/) is able to do that (i.e.: if the find
>> definition doesn't find it directly, it shows a list with possible
>> matches for you to choose the most appropriate one:
>> http://pydev.org/manual_adv_**gotodef.html<http://pydev.org/manual_adv_gotodef.html>)
>> -- additionally, you can also
>> search for methods/classes/attributes directly:
>> http://pydev.org/manual_adv_**open_decl_quick.html<http://pydev.org/manual_adv_open_decl_quick.html>
>>
>
> I've installed eclipse/pydev and tried it out.  The problem that I'm
> seeing is that it will show me *all* stop() methods that it knows about,
> regardless of function signature.
>
> So in the above case, my function call looks like:
> self.compute_api.stop(context, instance, do_cast=False)
>
> but pydev will offer matches that look like:
> def stop(self):
>
> This runs into problems with commonly-named functions.  I tried searching
> for the start() method in:
>
> self.compute_api.start(**context, instance)
>
> and it complained that there were too many possible results.
>
> Basically, I'm looking for something smart enough to throw out methods
> with the same name but that don't match the signature.
>
> Chris
>
>
Seems like a nice request... it'd be nice if you can report it as a feature
request at the pydev tracker (at https://sw-brainwy.rhcloud.com/ -- note
that you have to sign up to create an issue).

Cheers,

Fabio
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