When my cursor is in comments, "Context" is often incorrect. Behavior is different depending on actual text. Looks like VA tries to parse commented out text as if it is code. I was not able to figure out the pattern. Most of the time "Context" just becomes blank, sometimes it shows active file name.
When I do coding, it doesn't bother me a bit, but when i look through somebody's code, it is annoying - to figure out what function i am in, i have to move cursor outside of comments.
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placing the caret at the start of a word (so there is a space to the left of the caret) fixes the context and definition fields. not ideal but this could help.
do you have an example of a comment that confused the context field? so far i have not found one.
Just so everyone is clear, our Context and Definition field should NOT describe commented symbols since such symbols no longer have context -- they mght as well be prose.
The blank Content and Definition when on a symbol inside a comment is by design. We don't want to confuse people by suggesting a commented symbol does have a context.
We changed the case so it is a feature request. You want to see the current scope when anywhere inside a comment.
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Posted - Apr 15 2005 : 1:11:47 PM
