[Feature request] Transform automatically . into ->

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[Feature request] Transform automatically . into ->

Post by Folco »

Hi,

Would it be possible to have the dot operator automatically transformed into the -> operator ?
I don't know if it's easy to implement, but I discovered this feature with Qt Creator, and now I often type a dot instead of ->.
I ensure that when you are used with this feature, it's hard to do without ^^

Thanks in advance for your consideration =)
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Re: [Feature request] Transform automatically . into ->

Post by eranif »

Actually, this is one of those features that I prefer _not_ to implement.
The code completion is not compiler grade (unless clang is enabled) and it might do a mistake and insert into the code the wrong thing

Ofc, if anyone is willing to implement this and make this configurable with default value set to "Off" I will be more than happy to apply it
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Folco
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Re: [Feature request] Transform automatically . into ->

Post by Folco »

I don't know the very first step that I should do to code that, so I can't promise anything. Neveretheless, thanks for the answer.
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