[Python-ideas] Re: For-expression/throwaway comprehension

[Anders Hovmöller]

> On 3 Aug 2019, at 12:18, Dan Sommers <2qdxy4rzwzuui...@potatochowder.com> 
> wrote:
> 
> Once I know what SMTP is, and what the smtplib module does,
> and I've used it a couple of times, then seeing the list of
> names inside the module might remind me how to use it.
> So maybe SMTP is an extreme case.  I'm sure there are others.
> 
> How does TAB completion help me to discover hashlib, if all I
> know is that I want the SHA-3 of some file?
> 
> Again, I'm not disputing the usefulness of TAB completion;
> my point is that it's a sub-optimal tool for discoverability

It seems like there is a nugget of an idea of how to make a truly awesome 
autocomplete in your example. What if if you type email + tab and there is no 
symbol it said "email is sent with the smtp module"? That would be pretty great!

/ Anders 
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