Rename method does not affect symbol used inside nameof()

blainne

Hi, first of all, thank You for creating LinqPad. I love it!

During preparing examples for my what's new in c# 6.0 presentation i discovered a behavior that might be considered a bug.

In the following example if I try to apply rename (F2) to the method name, it does change the name in method header, but does not change the symbol used with nameof operator:

void Main()
{
        nameof(SomeMethod).Dump();
}

public static void SomeMethod()
{
        return;
}

blainne

Additionally, it appears, the the `nameof` operator is not displayed with color.
It would be expected for it to be displayed similarly to `typeof`.

markhurd

The rename failure occurs in VB.NET too. NameOf is seen as a keyword (coloured blue) but it is not known to the autocompletion dropdown.

JoeAlbahari

Thanks for the repro. A new beta has just been uploaded to fix this.

markhurd

It's working for simple VB.NET names, but fails to change all keyworded name references. I know it's a pedantic case, but easily reproed:

Sub Main
    Dim t = New [Module]
    t.[Module] = NameOf(UserQuery.[Module]).Length
    t.Module = NameOf(UserQuery.Module).Length
    Dim m = GetType(Type).Module
    Dim n As System.Reflection.Module = m
End Sub

' Define other methods and classes here
Class [Module]
    Public [Module] As Integer
End Class

Attempting to change either the class or field Module, although it includes the [] in the new name irrespective of what's selected, it only changes the declaration and non-bracketed references.

Also, note the different treatment of the tooltip for System.Reflection.Module to UserQuery.Module. Neither requires the [] when preceded by a dot and both require [] when attempted to be referred to on their own, so I don't know why there's a difference here.

JoeAlbahari

Yes, the renamer doesn't consider [] or @ characters. This has just been fixed:

http://www.linqpad.net/download.aspx