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Code and Debugger Hints
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The Pyscripter editor supports code and debugger hints. These hints are displayed when you
let the mouse hover on a Python code identifier.
a) Code Hints
These hints display information about the definition of the identifier under the mouse i.e.
module name and line number in which the identifier is defined. Additional information is
displayed according to the type of the identifier, e.g. parameters of functions, superclasses of
classes or the type of variables. When the source code of the module in which the identifier
was defined is available, the hint presents a hyperlink which, if clicked, takes you to the
definition. This works in a similar way to the Find Definition
feature and and the found
definition is added to the Find Definition browsing history.
b) Debugger hints
While debugging code hints are not available, but instead debugger hints are displayed.
These hints show the value and type of the identifier under the cursor. Debugger hints work
also with expressions e.g. sys.path[1]. For debugger expression hints place the cursor on a
closing parenthesis ')' or square bracket ']'