On Fri, 1 Aug 2025 at 17:31, Pierrick Bouvier <pierrick.bouv...@linaro.org> wrote: > > On 8/1/25 1:34 AM, Peter Maydell wrote: > > On Thu, 31 Jul 2025 at 19:30, Pierrick Bouvier > > <pierrick.bouv...@linaro.org> wrote: > >> Regarding the "modern" completion support, I recommend you take a look > >> at it. Even though you wrote or reviewed most of the code you navigate > >> in everyday, and thus don't need it, it has become a standard tool for > >> any developer, like sanitizers or omniscient debugging. It's especially > >> interesting since those tools are based on compilers (clangd is the > >> standard for C/C++ nowadays) and not a bunch of clunky regexps. > >> It's even more interesting when you learn a new language, like Rust. > > > > I do actually have clangd enabled at the moment in emacs: > > but my experience is not good, because typically what happens > > is that clangd runs itself out of memory and falls over > > fairly frequently, or it produces obscure error messages like > > "LSP :: Error from the Language Server: trying to get AST for > > non-added document (Invalid Parameter)"... > > > > So I mostly continue to investigate code the way I always have > > done, with grep. > > > > By any chance, are you using an old version of clangd (or an old > distro)? It has been a few years since I didn't run into any issue with > it, and it's quite easy to update it using llvm apt repositories without > updating your whole system [1].
I use the Ubuntu 24.04 version. In general I try to avoid using tooling that isn't packaged by the distro: it tends to result in headaches later on. -- PMM
