Autocompletion in dynamic language IDEs, specifically Python in PyDev

Question

I\'m new to Python, with a background in statically typed languages including lots and lots of Java.

I decided on PyDev in eclipse as an IDE after checking features/

Answer 1

You might want to take a look at WingIDE. It autocompletes your datafile correctly.

If it is unable to infer the type, you can use an assert like

assert isinstance(datafile, file)

to help the autocompleter out