auto completion inserting already-existing text ("overwrite" to the right)

[avertx]

code completion unnecessarily not "overwriting" to the right (Java specific? language specific fixes with compile-check "smarter" "smart" acceptSuggestion possible)

TLDR; just look below at image attachments (step 1, 2, 3)

at the basic, this isn't language specific, but language enhancements possible

"overwriting" or "contextual insert" or "surrounding check" or "duplicate surround text" might be a better term

Not sure where to file this at the "editor." level

filing in vscode-java for language specific completion enhancement ability (less so for compile check, mores to not overwrite text that is suppose to be repeated, but ymmv)

discussion

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fixes would include:

1. just don't write duplicate text
2. a property with options (as its possibly "destructive", though I'd prefer the "destructive" option here)
3. language specific fix (bonus: detect which actually compiles)

between image 2 and image 3, both [tab] and [enter] seem to have the same results, so maybe this could be considered in configuration (on tab, check/replace same surrounding text, on enter just insert)

tried following settings, no difference observed:

"editor.acceptSuggestionOnEnter": "smart",
"editor.acceptSuggestionOnEnter": "on",

wanted:

"editor.acceptSuggestionOnEnter": "overwrite" or ("replacesame"),
"java.completion.acceptReplaceMode": "compile"

or
"editor.acceptSuggestionSurroundMode": {
 "replaceSame": ,
}

Also, separately, but not,

1. editor.suggest isn't ordering by preexisting surround text
2. language-specific e.g. "java.completion.orderByPriorityStaticMode": "preexisting" surround check could handle ordering better
3. bonus language-specific e.g. "java.completion.orderByPriorityCompileCheck": "true" surround check could handle ordering

Environment

• Operating System: N/A
• JDK version: N/A
• Visual Studio Code version: 1.82.2
• Java extension version: 1.22.1
• Java Debugger extension version: N/A

Steps To Reproduce

Here's a simple setter-to-fluent workflow change, but I seem to hit this case of not looking at preexisting text to the right

Current Result

see image 3

Expected Result

1. don't not overwrite the same text as is being replaced (no idea about ALL cases, but something could be done, but maybe language specific)
2. property options on "surrounding smartness"

Additional Informations

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