eclipse-jdt / eclipse-jdt/eclipse.jdt.core
Search for references to fields {typename}.* finds tons of wrong potential matches
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See: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=425407
> master, BETA_JAVA8, at least back to 3.6.2. Could be a variant of [bug 423409](https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=423409).
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> A search for references to fields {typename}.* finds tons of wrong potential matches:
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> - Import > Plug-ins and Fragments > Binary projects:
Choose org.eclipse.jdt.core and org.eclipse.core.commands
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> - Search > Java...:
For "org.eclipse.jdt.core.dom.QualifiedName.*", Fields, References, Workspace
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> => Finds completely inexplicable potential matches like "@see #describe" in > org.eclipse.core.runtime.content.IContentDescriber#getSupportedOptions()
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> This also happens if everything is in source.
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