Issue with autocomplete

[symeon]

Hello everyone,

I use CubeIDE. I have a question about this IDE on the example of STM32F103xx.

File "stm32f1xx.h" contains macros: SET_BIT, CLEAR_BIT, READ_BIT, MODIFY_REG and others.

Why doesn't the CubeIDE provide hints when using macros?

For example: GPIOC-> (dropdown list will open BRR, BSRR, CRL, CRH and others).

But if you use the macros, for example: SET_BIT(GPIOC-> hints and suggestions not working).

Tell me, please, how to fix this?

Best Regards.

Symeon Zapsis

[TDK · Accepted solution]

That's just how Eclipse works. Macros are messy.

See

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34243496/eclipse-doesnt-show-parameter-names-for-macro-expansion

https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/t/75693/

[symeon]

Thank you for your answer.

So there is no solution for this problem?

[TDK]

Given that it was reported 14 years ago and hasn't changed, I do not see it changing in the future.

You can report it to the Eclipse team again, but unlikely ST is going to rewrite that part of the underlying Eclipse framework.

[Piranha]

Preprocessor definitions are problematic for all IDEs. The only IDE I know, where it actually works, is Visual Studio.

[symeon]

Thank you for your answers!