Set the type of variable in Ruby for Komodo auto-complete

How To
1

I have the following code:


puts "Login: "

login = gets.chomp

puts "Welcome, #{login.|}"

| - the cursor. I press Ctrl+J to get available methods for String class but nothing appears (I’ve debugged it and I know that login is an instance of String class after gets.chomp was called). How can I set the type of variable login to String so Komodo will show me methods of String class? I can do that in PHP or Python with their Docstrings, but I don’t see any equivalent of Docstring in Ruby

2

Okay, I find a work-around or maybe it’s the right way of defining variables in Ruby…

puts "Login: "

login = String.new gets.chomp

puts "Welcome, #{login.|}"

With this code, I’m getting all of the methods available in String class.

3

Please consider filing an enhancement request.

4

What enhancement?

5

Your first example is good. It looks like CodeIntel isn’t aware of the return type of Kernel#gets. I get no CodeIntel help for the variables used in this code:


abc = Kernel::gets
puts abc

ghi = gets
puts ghi

xyz = Kernel.gets
puts xyz

But like Defman’s workaround, I get help for everything here because I’m assigning directly to strings:


abc = ""
abc = Kernel::gets
puts abc

ghi = ""
ghi = gets
puts ghi

xyz = ""
xyz = Kernel.gets
puts xyz

Might just be a definition problem somewhere in CodeIntel’s Ruby spec.

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6

Thanks for helping me with that @ervumlens! I’ve filed a bug with my and your posts included