Fuzzy matching should only select whole words as candidates.

davedash · Aug 26, 2011 · 8684a7b · 8684a7b
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diff --git a/alternative_autocomplete.py b/alternative_autocomplete.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def find_candidates(self, prefix, position, text):
       candidates.sort(lambda a, b: cmp(a.distance, b.distance))
       candidates = [candidate.text for candidate in candidates]
     else:
-      word_regex = re.compile(re.escape(prefix[0:1]) + r'[\w\d]+', re.M | re.U | re.I)
+      word_regex = re.compile(r'\b' + re.escape(prefix[0:1]) + r'[\w\d]+', re.M | re.U | re.I)
       words = word_regex.findall(text)
       candidates = [word for word in words if word != prefix and fuzzy_match(prefix, word)]
     if candidates: