PascalCase appears first when a camelCase variable with the same name is written

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Is there a way I can change this to my own preference? As far as I know, the Roblox style guide suggests the following:

  • Use camelCase names for local variables, member values, and functions.

This happens commonly in class creation. It’s easily solvable with hungarian notation (which is not that recommended), or naming it according to the context, but I personally want these variables should have preference in the current scope.

local Vehicle = {}
function Vehicle.new() end

local vehicle = Vehicle.new()
-- have to write all of vehicle. doing vehic would complete it to Vehicle, making it
-- even more error prone because youre not calling the actual object.
vehicle:start()

You can try it yourself by defining two variables.

local Variable = 1
local variable = 2

-- Typing 'variabl'
-- Variable is suggested
Variable
-- Now, typing 'variable' entirely
-- variable is finally suggested
variable

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2

Personally, I don’t see a big problem here, I just write the beginning of the name, and then use keyboard arrows to select option. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

3

Yeah, it’s not a big problem, but it gets kinda confusing when calling multiple methods on a class. The biggest issue is accidentally calling the class instead of the object.

4

Yeahhh I feel like i do the same, I just got used to pressing the down arrow key after typing most of the variable.

5

Using different, more specific names, could be less confusing. Constants should always be more global than variables

6

It likely follows the declaration order in autocomplete.
Also the style guide is just a recommendation, use whatever writing style you want.

Regarding the topic:

-- you can underscore a variable if names collide, 
-- it will help distinguishing them greatly
local Vehicle
local _Vehicle

--- or just to reduce your confusion do not name them the same

local VehicleModule = require(module)
local Car = VehicleModule.new()
7

Currently i don’t think u can do much about it except the underscore method tbh roblox should indeed make the type suggestions based what u write, so if u write capital the capital one comes if not the opposite