Support alias declarations

README.md

@@ -15,16 +15,16 @@ back to the client.
 	* Autocompletion of __traits, scope, and extern arguments
 	* Autocompletion of enums
 	* Autocompletion of class, struct, and interface instances.
-	* Display of call tips for functions and constructors
+	* Display of call tips for functions, constructors, and variables of function type
+	* alias declarations
 * Not working:
 	* Automatic starting of the server by the client
 	* Windows support (I don't know that it won't work, but this program is not tested on Windows yet)
 	* UFCS
 	* Templated declarations
-	* import statement completions
+	* *import* statement completions
 	* Fields inherited from super classes or implemented interfaces.
 	* *auto* declarations
-	* alias declarations
 	* Determining the type of an enum member when no base type is specified, but the first member has an initialaizer
 	* Public imports
 	* That one feature that you *REALLY* needed

actypes.d

@@ -215,15 +215,20 @@ public:
 		// don't have any indirection
 		foreach (ref s; symbols.filter!(a => (a.kind == CompletionKind.variableName
 			|| a.kind == CompletionKind.functionName || a.kind == CompletionKind.memberVariableName
-			|| a.kind == CompletionKind.enumMember) && a.resolvedType is null)())
+			|| a.kind == CompletionKind.enumMember || a.kind == CompletionKind.aliasName)
+			&& a.resolvedType is null)())
 		{
-			//writeln("Resolving type of symbol ", s.name);
+			writeln("Resolving type of symbol ", s.name);
 			Type type = s.type;
 			if (type is null)
+			{
+				//writeln("Could not find it due to null type");
 				continue;
+			}
 
 			if (type.type2.builtinType != TokenType.invalid)
 			{
+				//writeln("It was a built-in type");
 				// This part is easy. Autocomplete properties of built-in types
 				s.resolvedType = findSymbolsInScope(getTokenValue(type.type2.builtinType))[0];
 			}
@@ -235,14 +240,30 @@ public:
 				// TODO: Does not work with qualified names or template instances
 				Symbol sym = type.type2.symbol;
 				if (sym.identifierOrTemplateChain.identifiersOrTemplateInstances.length != 1)
-				return;
+				{
+					writeln("Could not resolve type");
+					continue;
+				}
 				ACSymbol[] resolvedType = findSymbolsInCurrentScope(s.location,
 					sym.identifierOrTemplateChain.identifiersOrTemplateInstances[0].identifier.value);
-			if (resolvedType.length > 0)
+				if (resolvedType.length > 0 && (resolvedType[0].kind == CompletionKind.interfaceName
+					|| resolvedType[0].kind == CompletionKind.className
+					|| resolvedType[0].kind == CompletionKind.aliasName
+					|| resolvedType[0].kind == CompletionKind.unionName
+					|| resolvedType[0].kind == CompletionKind.structName))
+				{
+					writeln("Type resolved to ", resolvedType[0].name, " which has kind ",
+						resolvedType[0].kind, " and call tip ", resolvedType[0].calltip);
 					s.resolvedType = resolvedType[0];
 				}
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				writeln(type);
+			}
 			foreach (suffix; type.typeSuffixes)
 			{
+				//writeln("Handling type suffix");
 				// Handle type suffixes for declarations, e.g.:
 				// int[] a;
 				// SomeClass[string] b;

acvisitor.d

@@ -256,11 +256,22 @@ class AutocompleteVisitor : ASTVisitor
 //		writeln("VariableDeclaration visit");
 		foreach (d; dec.declarators)
 		{
-			auto symbol = new ACSymbol;
+			ACSymbol symbol = new ACSymbol;
+			if (dec.type.typeSuffixes.length > 0
+				&& dec.type.typeSuffixes[$-1].delegateOrFunction != TokenType.invalid)
+			{
+				TypeSuffix suffix = dec.type.typeSuffixes[$ - 1];
+				dec.type.typeSuffixes = dec.type.typeSuffixes[0 .. $ - 1];
+				symbol.calltip = "%s %s%s".format(dec.type,
+					suffix.delegateOrFunction.value,
+					suffix.parameters.toString());
+			}
+			symbol.kind = CompletionKind.variableName;
+
 			symbol.type = dec.type;
 			symbol.name = d.name.value;
 			symbol.location = d.name.startIndex;
-			symbol.kind = CompletionKind.variableName;
+
 			if (parentSymbol is null)
 				symbols ~= symbol;
 			else
@@ -269,6 +280,55 @@ class AutocompleteVisitor : ASTVisitor
 		}
 	}
 
+	override void visit(AliasDeclaration dec)
+	{
+		if (dec.type is null) foreach (aliasPart; dec.initializers)
+		{
+			ACSymbol aliasSymbol = new ACSymbol;
+			aliasSymbol.kind = CompletionKind.aliasName;
+			aliasSymbol.location = aliasPart.name.startIndex;
+			aliasSymbol.type = aliasPart.type;
+			if (aliasPart.type.typeSuffixes.length > 0
+				&& aliasPart.type.typeSuffixes[$-1].delegateOrFunction != TokenType.invalid)
+			{
+				TypeSuffix suffix = aliasPart.type.typeSuffixes[$ - 1];
+				aliasPart.type.typeSuffixes = aliasPart.type.typeSuffixes[0 .. $ - 1];
+				aliasSymbol.calltip = "%s %s%s".format(dec.type,
+					suffix.delegateOrFunction.value,
+					suffix.parameters.toString());
+			}
+			if (parentSymbol is null)
+				symbols ~= aliasSymbol;
+			else
+				parentSymbol.parts ~= aliasSymbol;
+			scope_.symbols ~= aliasSymbol;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+//			writeln("Visiting alias declaration ", dec.name.value);
+			ACSymbol aliasSymbol = new ACSymbol;
+			aliasSymbol.kind = CompletionKind.aliasName;
+			aliasSymbol.name = dec.name.value;
+			aliasSymbol.type = dec.type;
+			if (dec.type.typeSuffixes.length > 0
+				&& dec.type.typeSuffixes[$-1].delegateOrFunction != TokenType.invalid)
+			{
+				TypeSuffix suffix = dec.type.typeSuffixes[$ - 1];
+				dec.type.typeSuffixes = dec.type.typeSuffixes[0 .. $ - 1];
+				aliasSymbol.calltip = "%s %s%s".format(dec.type,
+					suffix.delegateOrFunction.value,
+					suffix.parameters.toString());
+			}
+			aliasSymbol.location = dec.name.startIndex;
+			if (parentSymbol is null)
+				symbols ~= aliasSymbol;
+			else
+				parentSymbol.parts ~= aliasSymbol;
+			scope_.symbols ~= aliasSymbol;
+		}
+
+	}
+
 	override void visit(ImportDeclaration dec)
 	{
 		// TODO: handle public imports

autocomplete.d

@@ -163,12 +163,16 @@ void setCompletions(T)(ref AutocompleteResponse response,
 	if (completionType == CompletionType.identifiers
 		&& symbols[0].kind == CompletionKind.memberVariableName
 		|| symbols[0].kind == CompletionKind.variableName
+		|| symbols[0].kind == CompletionKind.aliasName
 		|| symbols[0].kind == CompletionKind.enumMember)
 	{
 		symbols = symbols[0].resolvedType is null ? [] : [symbols[0].resolvedType];
 		if (symbols.length == 0)
+		{
+			//writeln("Could not figure it out");
 			return;
 		}
+	}
 
 	loop: for (size_t i = 1; i < tokens.length; i++)
 	{
@@ -223,7 +227,7 @@ void setCompletions(T)(ref AutocompleteResponse response,
 			symbols = symbols[0].getPartsByName(tokens[i].value);
 			if (symbols.length == 0)
 			{
-				//writeln("Couldn't find it.");
+//				writeln("Couldn't find it.");
 				break loop;
 			}
 			if (symbols[0].kind == CompletionKind.variableName
@@ -233,7 +237,18 @@ void setCompletions(T)(ref AutocompleteResponse response,
 				&& (completionType == CompletionType.identifiers
 				|| i + 1 < tokens.length)))
 			{
-				symbols = symbols[0].resolvedType is null ? [] :[symbols[0].resolvedType];
+				symbols = symbols[0].resolvedType is null ? [] : [symbols[0].resolvedType];
+			}
+			if (symbols[0].kind == CompletionKind.aliasName
+				&& (completionType == CompletionType.identifiers
+				|| i + 1 < tokens.length))
+			{
+				symbols = symbols[0].resolvedType is null ? [] : [symbols[0].resolvedType];
+			}
+			if (symbols.length == 0)
+			{
+//				writeln("Couldn't find it.");
+				break loop;
 			}
 			break;
 		case lParen:
@@ -303,7 +318,9 @@ void setCompletions(T)(ref AutocompleteResponse response,
 	}
 	else if (completionType == CompletionType.calltips)
 	{
-		if (symbols[0].kind != CompletionKind.functionName)
+		//writeln("Showing call tips for ", symbols[0].name, " of type ", symbols[0].kind);
+		if (symbols[0].kind != CompletionKind.functionName
+			&& symbols[0].calltip is null)
 		{
 			auto call = symbols[0].getPartsByName("opCall");
 			if (call.length == 0)
@@ -386,6 +403,7 @@ T getExpression(T)(T beforeTokens)
 			open = rBracket;
 			close = lBracket;
 		skip:
+			auto bookmark = i;
 			int depth = 1;
 			do
 			{
@@ -398,6 +416,21 @@ T getExpression(T)(T beforeTokens)
 				else if (beforeTokens[i].type == close)
 					depth--;
 			} while (true);
+			// check the current token after skipping parens to the left.
+			// if it's a loop keyword, pretend we never skipped the parens.
+			if (i > 0) switch (beforeTokens[i - 1].type)
+			{
+				case TokenType.if_:
+				case TokenType.while_:
+				case TokenType.for_:
+				case TokenType.foreach_:
+				case TokenType.foreach_reverse_:
+				case TokenType.do_:
+					i = bookmark + 1;
+					break expressionLoop;
+				default:
+					break;
+			}
 			break;
 		default:
 			if (hasSpecialPrefix)

client.d

@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ int main(string[] args)
     AutocompleteResponse response;
     msgpack.unpack(buffer[0..bytesReceived], response);
 
+	if (response.completions.length > 0)
+	{
 		writeln(response.completionType);
 		if (response.completionType == CompletionType.identifiers)
 		{
@@ -165,6 +167,7 @@ int main(string[] args)
 				writeln(completion);
 			}
 		}
+	}
     return 0;
 }
 

editors/textadept/modules/dmd/dcd.lua

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ function M.registerImages()
 	buffer:register_image(8, M.STRUCT)
 	buffer:register_image(9, M.INTERFACE)
 	buffer:register_image(10, M.ENUM)
+	buffer:register_image(11, M.ALIAS)
 end
 
 local function showCompletionList(r)
@@ -50,6 +51,8 @@ local function showCompletionList(r)
 			completion = completion .. "?4"
 		elseif kind == "P" then
 			completion = completion .. "?3"
+		elseif kind == "l" then
+			completion = completion .. "?11"
 		end
 		completions[#completions + 1] = completion
 	end
@@ -111,6 +114,7 @@ function M.autocomplete(ch)
 		local command = M.PATH_TO_DCD_CLIENT .. " -c" .. buffer.current_pos .. " " .. fileName
 		local p = io.popen(command, "r")
 		local r = p:read("*a")
+		--print(r)
 		if r ~= "\n" then
 			if r:match("^identifiers.*") then
 				showCompletionList(r)
@@ -122,6 +126,45 @@ function M.autocomplete(ch)
 	end
 end
 
+M.ALIAS =[[
+/* XPM */
+static char * alias_xpm[] = {
+"16 16 17 1",
+" 	c None",
+".	c #547AA0",
+"+	c #547BA2",
+"@	c #547CA4",
+"#	c #F0F0F0",
+"$	c #547DA6",
+"%	c #F5F5F5",
+"&	c #547EA8",
+"*	c #FBFBFB",
+"=	c #F7F7F7",
+"-	c #F2F2F2",
+";	c #547BA3",
+">	c #ECECEC",
+",	c #547AA1",
+"'	c #E7E7E7",
+")	c #54799F",
+"!	c #54789D",
+"                ",
+"                ",
+"   ..........   ",
+"  ++++++++++++  ",
+"  @@@@@##@@@@@  ",
+"  $$$$%%%%$$$$  ",
+"  &&&&****&&&&  ",
+"  &&&==&&==&&&  ",
+"  $$$==$$==$$$  ",
+"  @@@------@@@  ",
+"  ;;>>>>>>>>;;  ",
+"  ,,'',,,,'',,  ",
+"  ))))))))))))  ",
+"   !!!!!!!!!!   ",
+"                ",
+"                "};
+]]
+
 -- union icon
 M.UNION = [[
 /* XPM */

messages.d

@@ -56,14 +56,17 @@ enum CompletionKind : char
     /// package name
     packageName = 'P',
 
-    // module name
+    /// module name
     moduleName = 'M',
 
-	// array
+	/// array
 	array = 'a',
 
-	// associative array
+	/// associative array
 	assocArray = 'A',
+
+	/// alias name
+	aliasName = 'l',
 }
 
 /**