Emacs - tab-completion of local Python variables

Question

Is there a good emacs mode that will allow tab-completion of local python variables? I set up ipython.el but it will only tab-complete things in the scope of the interpreter

Answer 1

Use Jedi!

It really understands Python better than any other autocompletion library:

• builtins
• multiple returns or yields
• tuple assignments / array indexing / dictionary indexing
• with-statement / exception handling
• *args / **kwargs
• decorators / lambdas / closures
• generators / iterators
• some descriptors: property / staticmethod / classmethod
• some magic methods: __call__, __iter__, __next__, __get__, __getitem__, __init__
• list.append(), set.add(), list.extend(), etc.
• (nested) list comprehensions / ternary expressions
• relative imports
• getattr() / __getattr__ / __getattribute__
• simple/usual sys.path modifications
• isinstance checks for if/while/assert