[display] sort vars by "distance" of their declaration to display position

[Gama11]

(if there's no expected type)

package cases;

class Issue7069 extends DisplayTestCase {
	/**
	class Main {
		var field:Int;
		static function main(argument:Int) {
			var local:Int;
			{
				var blockLocal:Int;
				for (i in 0...10) {
					{-1-}
				}
			}
		}
	}
	**/
	function test() {
		var results = toplevel(pos(1));
		eq("i", results[0].name);
		eq("blockLocal", results[1].name);
		eq("local", results[2].name);
		eq("argument", results[3].name);
		eq("field", results[4].name);
	}
}

The reason why this would be helpful is fairly obvious: within that for, you're most likely to need i, then blockLocal, etc...

[Simn]

Is there a precedence to such a feature? I'm still not sure if this is the right thing to do.

[jdonaldson]

One might argue it's like selector specificity in css.

[EricBishton]

IntelliJ sorts the five closest (or most likely by type) first and alphabetizes the rest. However, receiving them in "closest" order, and then re-sorting them, if necessary, is quite acceptable.