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From: Simon Wright <simon@pushface.org>
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Subject: Re: Feasibility of using Ada in new development
Date: 02 Sep 2004 20:29:07 +0100
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dan.r.mcleran@seagate.com (Dan McLeran) writes:

> Exactly. When one types Ada. a list of available Ada packages, types,
> etc. should pop up to choose from. Then, if one types Ada.Calender. a
> list of valid stuff for the Ada.Calendar package should pop up as
> well. Every other IDE I've ever used has this feature (regardless of
> language). It's quite a productivity hit to not have this kind of help
> available when coding and once you've had it, you don't want to live
> without it.

I find that the latest GLIDE (the Emacs-based IDE from ACT) has
identifier completion, but only for unambiguous identifiers .. since
it clearly knows there are other identifiers, no doubt it could be
persuaded to display a pick list. I haven't explored this or the
equivalent in the new GPS either ..

-- 
Simon Wright                               100% Ada, no bugs.