[PyQt] QScintilla code-completion bizarre behavior

[Baz Walter]

Brian Kelley wrote:
[snip]
>     def start(self):
>         lexer =  self.lexer = QsciLexerPython()
>         api = QsciAPIs(lexer)
> 
>         # write the API to a file
>         self.api = api

you save references to your lexer and api here

[snip]
>     def finished(self):
>         # save the api to a binary file
>         self.api.savePrepared("test.prepared")
> 
>         # Shows how to use the prepared API inside Scintilla with a prettier
>         #  Python Mode
>         editor = self.editor = QsciScintilla()
>         editor.show()
>         lexer =  QsciLexerPython()
>         api = QsciAPIs(lexer)

then (bizarrely) create a new lexer and api here

[snip]
>         # uncommenting this exception causes code-completion not to work.
>         raise Exception("Why does this exception make code-completion work?")

my guess is that if you hook self.editor up to self.lexer and self.api 
it will all work fine

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Regards
Baz Walter