AppRefiner Wishlist

[tslater2006]

Just a place to keep a list of things I would like to implement when time permits:

DONE! Happy 2026

Completed:

• on program save we should parse any Function implementations and ensure their entries in the function cache are up-to-date
• Convert to autocomplete lists instead of user lists (better experience for users)
• Ctrl + Space to trigger autosuggest based on current cursor position (depends on using autosuggest lists)
• trigger autosuggest when backspacing to the & or . symbol (in case of typo and deleting the typed name)
• esc key should cancel function call tips
• Language Extensions framework, specialized refactors that transform certain code patterns in real time (ex: &stringValue.Len() becomes Len(&stringValue) or &string.Find("foo") becomes Find("foo", &string)
• initial support of interpolated strings (by way of .Interp extension property on strings)
• Usage of ^ in import statements, this would take the place of "current package" so its smoother to import sibling classes, we should also support multiple ^ to indiciate relative movement "up", so ^^ would be parent package, ^^^ grandparent etc.
• Proper language/parser support for f-strings
• Autosuggest/calltip/type inference system support for unexpanded class names (ex Local MyThing &thing = create MyThing() which expands at save time assuming MyThing is imported)
• function call tips should display the known types for polymorphic types like elementofarray and sameasobject
• Styler for unimported class name and quick-fix for importing the class
• Styler for ambiguous class name when using just the class name in code and there are multiple imported classes by that name