Is there an IDE that can statically determine undefined variables in function, and auto-complete structs?

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For example, suppose I have following code:

struct Param    # used to hold global variables
    n_days::Int
    n_segments::Int
end

function f(a, b, c) 
    d + 1
end

I wonder if there is an IDE that can do following:

  1. when I create a Param object p = Param(1,2), and type p., it should auto-complete its fields (n_days and n_segments)
  2. it should detect that function f has an undefined variable d inside its body.

I tested Juno and intelliJ plugin for Julia, but both do not seem to have such functionality. I am wondering I did anything wrong, and whether there are other IDEs that can do these things?

Thank you!

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In the REPL you can write p. and then press tab, it will autocomplete.

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Thanks for the comment! Right it would auto-complete in REPL, but is it possible to auto-complete it without running it (statically)? Something similar to what PyCharm does to Python…

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Oh, I have no idea, sorry!

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no worries, thanks for your reply!

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Try VS Code with the Julia extension. It can do both of those things.

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Thanks! I found that my VS code with Julia extension is able to do 1, but not able to do 2 (detect undefined variables):

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My extension is: Julia (v1.3.32), just wonder if I need to set up something?

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Yeah, there are some settings for the Julia linter that you can play with:

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…among others.

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Thanks for the information! Looks like Missingrefs does not work for me, did you install any Julia linter to make it work?

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The linter comes with the Julia extension. Sometimes it takes a few moments for the language server and the linter to kick in. Though I think I have had occasions where the linter doesn’t seem to want to run… Saving the file or restarting VS Code might encourage the linter to run… :sweat_smile:

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