Idetools resolves wrong method for dynamic dispatch example

[gradha]

The second example at http://nimrod-code.org/tut2.html#dynamic-dispatch when run produces the output 2. However, when that example is queried with idetools the call to collide resolves to the version echoing 1.

[Araq]

It should resolve to the dispatching method (the one that quits). Note that it can't determine which method is really run as that would require running the program.

[gradha]

I understand that dynamic dispatch requires runtime execution and is out of the scope of idetools, but in this case none of the provided collide signatures match the provided parameters exactly if you consider subclasses a different type. So you could argue the logic to pick one of the methods could be the same as at runtime.

On the other hand, since this is not going to work reliably for all cases, why not avoid the difficult decissions and make idetools spit out all the available matching methods? The current version outputs only one method, but it would be neat if all were dumped so the final end user inside the IDE can pick the correct one to jump to. Presumably similar code is already in use for the --suggest idetools option, so idetools could default to the logic of --suggest and at least try to make the first item in the list the closest match possible?

[Araq]

nimsuggest has its own bug tracker.