Xcode should include a smart autocomplete feature for creating header documentation

Originator:dlreese
Number:rdar://14521916 Date Originated:23-Jul-2013 10:06 AM
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:Developer Tools Product Version:Xcode 5
Classification:Enhancement Reproducible:Always
 
Summary:
Writing header documentation is now much more useful. But there is a lot of boilerplate typing involved. Using a snippet can help, but it'd be better if Xcode could help autocomplete a header template based on the actual method parameters and return value.

See here for an example of someone who wrote an Xcode plugin to do this:
https://github.com/onevcat/VVDocumenter-Xcode

I like the choice of "///" as a keyboard shortcut that would only trigger the new functionality if it was typed in the correct place (above a method or class definition), but other options work too.

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