I think that there's talk in 2.8 of having tab completion or something similar in the REPL.
Derek On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 9:23 PM, g-man <gregor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > All the Scala books and tutorials recommend using the Scala > interactive shell to set up scenarios and learn how Scala works. > > I agree, but my problem was the (apparent) lack of something like > Python's >>>dir(object) call, which gives you all the 'names' > available; Ruby and Erlang have similar commands, but not, as far as I > know, Scala. > > I did find a little script that does just that at: > > > http://lousycoder.com/blog/index.php?/archives/91-Scala-Querying-an-objects-fields-and-methods-with-reflection.html > > with the source at: > > http://gist.github.com/87519 > > I compiled it, and when I import it, it works just dandy: > > scala> import ScalaReflection._ > import ScalaReflection._ > > scala> 3.methods__ > hashCode > reverseBytes(int) > compareTo(Object) > compareTo(Integer) > equals(Object) > toString(int,int) > toString(int) > ... > > scala> 3.fields__ > MIN_VALUE > MAX_VALUE > TYPE > digits > DigitTens > DigitOnes > sizeTable > value > SIZE > serialVersionUID > > Perhaps there is something like this already built-in to Scala, but I > can't find it... if not, it may be worthwhile adding. > > Now, what I want to know is: is there a way to load an actual Lift > session into the interactive command interpreter, so I can create and > check out out functions, etc? I remember doing that with Ruby and > Rails back in the day. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Lift" group. To post to this group, send email to liftweb@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to liftweb+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/liftweb?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
