WARNING: This blog entry was imported from my old blog on blogs.sun.com (which used different blogging software), so formatting and links may not be correct.
Here:
Here are some things to notice:
- NetBeans knows you're creating a method definition for a class, so it only
shows method matches that are inherited from the superclass. In this case,
we're inheriting from Integer and there are two method matches that start with "ab" - one fromNumeric
and one fromObject
. - It shows documentation for the method, based on the rdoc
- It shows where each method is coming from
- It's dealing with moderately broken source
When do you get to try this? I am dying to try out. For now, I am using vim-omni-completion but desperately wanting to try it.
ReplyDeleteI second stinky, dynamic language like Ruby but with such great tool support would really rock. It's done when its done or can we get a hint of a milestone release?
ReplyDeleteIf all goes according to the plan it will go out in Milestone 7 - no promises, not legally binding, yada yada. But hopefully very soon.
ReplyDeleteI'm **crazy** to test it! Thank you guy for giving us this.
ReplyDeleteI remember netbeans really rocked when i was using it about a year ago. Can't wait to use it again - for ruby this time!
ReplyDeleteEven with an alpha release i would personally make a party :D
This looks just awesome Tor. If you need any helpers to test it out, please let us (especially me ;-) know.
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