Xcode Auto Complete Icons Description

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in autocompletion: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/38294699/what-do-the-xcode-icons-signify-during-autocompletion

• C: class
• S: struct
• Pr: Protocol
• Ex: extension (found in the symbol navigator, but not code completion)
• T: Type (generic type constraint, protocol associated type, etc)
• L:

  L

  ocal value / variable
• V:

  V

  alue /

  V

  ariable
• P: property (IIRC Xcode favors L/V for Swift, but you see P for ObjC properties)

This one seems the definite list, very comprehensive:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6662395/xcode-intellisense-meaning-of-letters-in-colored-boxes-like-f-t-c-m-p-c-k-etc)

Red: macros

= macro (think

#define

Brown: Core Data / namespace

• = modeled class
• = modeled method
• = modeled property
• = C++ namespace

Orange: aliased types

• = Objective-C category
• = enum
• = typedef / typealias
• = Swift extension

Green: variables

• = binding
• = function
• = field
• = constant
• = local variable
• = IBOutlet
• = variable (can be ivar, global var, local var, etc.)
• = parameter (think f(x))

Blue: methods

• = IBAction
• = method
• = property

Purple: aggregate types

• = class (Objective-C, Swift or C++)
• = class extension
• = Objective-C/Swift protocol
• = struct
• = union

Gray: snippets

= snippets

Icons:

#pragma mark

• =

  !!!: ...

• =

  FIXME: ...

• =

  ???: ...

• =

  TODO: ...

• =

  MARK: ...