Autocomplete for keys of keyword arguments; is it possible?

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#1

is there anyway to have autocomplete for keyword arguments?

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#2

In what editor? Repl?

#3

Any one, REPL, etc.

#4

I donā€™t remember why I asked, because I donā€™t think itā€™s implemented anywhere. In theory, you could have the repl use the definitions of functions to do this, and editors could at least complete for any function definitions in your files^ā€ . But I donā€™t think any do. Part of the reason is that a lot of functions accept any keyword argument, function f(x; kwargs...), so it would probably be a lot of work for a feature that doesnā€™t even apply half of the time.

^ā€  Note that thereā€™s a hazard here, since different methods can accept different kwargs.

# In a file you don't own
function cook(p::Potato; peeled=false)
    # definition
end

# in your file
function cook(c::Chicken; plucked=true)
    # definition
end

Auto complete would now suggest cook(potato; plucked).

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