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architekt Posted - Oct 16 2008 : 3:19:21 PM
I can repro this every time: if I name a variable "psettings", and then later start typing "ps" to spell it, I get a listbox with 2 suggestions. The first is PSET_PARTITION_INFORMATION which I have no clue what that is (trying to find the declaration of it doesn't work and it doesn't appear in any of the files in my entire solution) and the second is "psettings". The annoying thing is that if I'm working quickly my usual instinct is to hit return to accept the suggestion but that winds up being incorrect. I've attached a screenshot of the error.

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feline Posted - Oct 18 2008 : 1:38:30 PM
Turning on:

VA Options -> Advanced -> Suggestions -> Include bits of code from surrounding lines

should help. We are making changes internally to try and make suggestions more "intelligent" and more helpful. We are also considering giving direct priority to local symbols:

case=10535
architekt Posted - Oct 17 2008 : 12:26:39 PM
Is there a way to make VA prioritize suggestions that appear within your projects over like system library stuff? I guess a "proximity" sorting kind of thing where it orders suggestions based on whether it appears in the file, project, solution, system? That'd obviously make it not alphabetically sorted but I think in my case it'd work out better. Course, I could actually wind up hating it but I'm curious if you guys thought about something like this before. Thanks!
feline Posted - Oct 17 2008 : 09:24:21 AM
There is a second point here, the screen shot shows a suggestion listbox. These are simply VA's best guess at what you are typing. They are very good, but if you automatically accept the first suggestion without reading it then you will get the wrong thing some of the time.

Sometimes VA's best guess is wrong, or unexpected
architekt Posted - Oct 16 2008 : 7:51:31 PM
Ahhh, apparently if I turn off the allow acronyms/shorthand option, this goes away. Problem solved!

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