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  1. Qt Creator
  2. QTCREATORBUG-16946

[Regression] Automatic overwrite of closing parenthesis fails when nested

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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Unresolved
    • P3: Somewhat important
    • None
    • Qt Creator 4.1.0, Qt Creator 4.3.0
    • Editors
    • Windows 7 64bit

    Description

      I found at least one edge case where the automatic overwrite of a closing parenthesis fails. Basically, when autocomplete adds closing punctuation and the nested punctuation is skipped, the outside punctuation "forgets" that it was added.

      Here's what I mean...

      When typing this (| = current cursor location)...
      qCritical("%s: Text here.|")

      If I type the closing double-quote and then type the closing parenthesis, everything works as expected. If, however, I skip the closing double-quote (using the right arrow, for example) and then type the closing parenthesis, the existing closing parenthesis that was automatically added doesn't get overwritten and I end up with this:

      qCritical("%s: Text here.")|)

      The net result is that Qt Creator occasionally, erroneously, and unexpectedly adds an extra parenthesis at the end, introducing a typo that's sometimes hard to track down. This was not a problem with previous versions of Qt Creator.

      See attachment for my text editor environment settings.

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              davschul David Schulz
              phlucious Evon Silvia
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