Re: [Vala] state of the art in vala code-completion?

[Andrea Del Signore <sejerpz gmail com>]

Hi,

I'm Andrea the author of afrodite, I'm not active any more on vala
development due to lack of free time ;) but I'm still subscribed to the
list and I also do some spare project with vala (I like this language ;) )

I don't think that afrodite is the way to go (read: it requires a rewrite),
even if was somewhat functional there are some cricial design problems with
it:

1) it uses a mix coroutines (async/yield) and threads instead of only
threads for cpu bounds computation (parsing and resolving symbols)
2) it doesn't have any structured concept of scope (eg. a symbol represent
also a scope if required)
3) its code is not very clean
4) it's complex, it has leaks and it's difficult to debug

The plus points are:

1) Was the very first library that provides autocompletion for vala in
gedit :)
2) It uses libvala directly so support for genie was possible, even if
never properly implemented
3) It has basic support for generics

HTH, goodluck!

Andrea


On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 4:20 AM, Robert Schroll <rschroll gmail com> wrote:

> On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 3:07 AM, Nick Watts <fatalglory gmail com> wrote:
>
> > Does anyone out there know what is currently the most promising solution
> > for vala code intelligence?  How far along is it in terms of
> > features/stability?
>
> I've been using Valencia [1] in Gedit for some time now.  It provides
> autocompletion, function signatures, and a few other things.  What I like
> most is the ability to jump to a function definition from any use. This
> works both for functions in your project as well as those defined
> externally.  (You get the vapi file, not the C source, but I generally
> prefer that.)  It's extraordinarily helpful when trying to get a grip on an
> unfamiliar codebase.
>
> I haven't played with any other similar projects for vala, so I can't
> offer comparisons.
>
> Hope that helps,
> Robert
>
> [1] https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Valencia
>
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