[Idle-dev] Small patch to AutoExpand.py

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Wed, 01 Mar 2000 20:18:20 -0500


> While using the auto-expand feature, it struck me that it really should also
> match against builtin names.
> 
> Eg, if I enter "Index" and select auto-complete, IndexError should appear,
> even if it doesnt exist in the source file.
> 
> Does anyone else agree?

Hmm, I thought, that's more a task for control-space (name-expand or
something like that).  E.g. Emacs has both and they are usefully
different.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)