Re: [h-e-w] c++ editing , variable name completion

[Graham Murray]

Paul Kinnucan <address@hidden> writes:

> Intelligent completion requires that the completion system parse the
> expression at point--far from a trivial task--to determine the class
> of the object whose field or method is to be completed and then look
> up the class to determine whether any of its classes or fields match
> the expression at point. 

While this may not be trivial, it is also not
impossible. Fontification does it to some degree, and the formatting
(especially electric) capabilities of C-mode do it to an even greater
degree.