1612999 - Flash of ReferenceError before autocomplete appears

Status: NEW

(DevTools :: Console, defect, P3)

Description

[:Harald Kirschner :digitarald]

STR: Type "a" in Console

AR: Brief flashing of red ReferenceError before autocomplete appears

ER: If autocomplete appears, don't show eager evaluation for the incomplete statement.

Maybe they could be lined up better smarter scheduling and also avoid eager eval when autocomplete will show.

Comment 1

[Logan Smyth [:loganfsmyth]]

It seems like ideally, if there is (will be) a request in-flight for populating the autocomplete's data or result value, we should not show the result from the initial attempt to eager-eval the result.

Comment 2

[:Harald Kirschner :digitarald]

+1 on checking current vs evaluated value after eager eval to see if the result is still useful.

I also found that adding some delay for showing errors helped with reducing error flashes and prioritized useful results.