This could be done through an "extended" BNF instead of parameter list.

On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 1:10 PM, Trejkaz <[email protected]> wrote:

> > For me parameter completion is still part of the shell UI, not
> > part of the core shell API. The core shell API has to be defined
> > in such a way to make some of these features possible; for
> > example, if the shell API has no way to list available commands,
> > then there is no way to do command completion.
>
> Likewise, if the shell has no way to list the types of the parameters
> for the commands, then there is no way to do parameter completion in
> the shell UI.  Otherwise how will it know if what you're typing is a
> username or a filename?
>
> TX
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