Autocomplete pops up when you complete a string literal

[prencher]

If I type "foo", when I type the last ", whether it was there already or not, the autocomplete pops up for no apparent reason, leading to an autocomplete for append if enter is hit.

This manifests in particular with switches function calls, and struct initializations, as the autocomplete stays up even when you type : and ,.

For example:

switch test {
case "foo": // At this point, if you hit enter, it'll put in `append` rather than a newline.

[jblachly]

I opened this same issue with gocode:

nsf/gocode#367

This is particularly problematic when completing a string, because one's instinct is to end the string with " then quickly hit enter. However, you will be treated to the autocomplete suggestion append (alphabetically first in the list of irrelevant suggestions)

I am shocked to know this has been going on for so long. Does everyone else just reach up and hit the escape key with their pinky after completing every string literal?

[jblachly]

As an update, I note the original filer's complaint that autocomplete stays up after typing : and , seems to be resolved.

However, the end-of-line string literal autocomplete problem remains.
If this won't be fixed in gocode, it would be great if vscode-go can handle this case as well.

gocode's author's comment regarding this was:

If editor triggers completion at weird location it's a problem of an editor. Gocode has no semantics of "valid completion point".

[zackslash]

This issue has become more prominent with the inclusion of the 'auto complete unimported Packages' feature, since typing out a string can now lead to unnecessary imported packages.
I've tested this scenario in IntelliJ and no auto complete dialogues are shown while editing a string.

[ramya-rao-a]

#586 will fix this

[ramya-rao-a]

The latest update (0.6.48) has the fix.
Happy Coding!