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openedon Mar 26, 2024
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This RFC proposes adding support for displaying suggested corrections in the REPL when a user enters an identifier which does not exist. This functionality would be similar to what is offered by Julia and discussed in JuliaLang/julia#28347.
For example, currently, when a user enters an undefined identifier
In [1]: base.abbs( -1.0 )
Error: base.abbs is not a function
This RFC proposes extending this to do something along the lines of
In [1]: base.abbs( -1.0 )
Error: base.abbs is not a function
Perhaps you meant base.abs, base.abs2, ...
There may be other UI options, and we could, similar to Julia, provide suggestions when a user provides an unknown name to help() (or other similar built-in REPL commands).
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Issue or pull request for enhancing existing functionality.Issue involves or relates to JavaScript.Needs further discussion.Issue or pull request specific to the project REPL.Request for comments. Feature requests and proposed changes.Likely to be challenging but manageable.Normal priority concern or feature request.