autocomplete - Komodo Python auto complete: type inference by variable metadata?

Question

I'm using Komodo Edit for Python development, and I want to get the best out of the auto complete.

If I do this:

a = A()
a.

I can see a list of members of A.

But if I do this:

a = [A()]
b = a[0]
b.

It does not work. I want to be able to do this:

a = [A()]
b = a[0]
"""b

Type: A
"""
b.

So how can I tell the auto complete that b is of type A?

Answer 1

This doesn't really answer your question, but with Wing IDE you can give hints to the type analyzer with assert isinstance(b, A). See here. I haven't found a way to do it with Komodo, though apparently it's possible when writing PHP or JavaScript.

Update:

I've found a way to trick Komodo into doing this:

if 0: b=A()

This works (at least on Komodo 5.2) and has no side effects, but is sure to confuse whoever reads your code.