Xcode Code Sense horribly broken?

Posted by Philippe Leybaert on Stack Overflow See other posts from Stack Overflow or by Philippe Leybaert
Published on 2010-06-03T12:50:20Z Indexed on 2010/06/03 12:54 UTC
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Ever since I started using Xcode, I've experienced extremely annoying problems using Xcode and Code Sense. The problem is that when Code Sense kicks in for code completion, sometimes the source code text below the line I'm working on goes "crazy". If I continue typing, the problem gets worse, and after a while the source code is completely screwed up (funny colors, missing lines and characters, ...). Strange enough, the source code itself is unaffected, because when I select another source file and then go back to the one I was working on, everything looks fine again.

The problem can be seen in this screencast: http://www.screencast.com/t/OGY3NWE5

Interesting facts:

  • This problem has occurred on 3 different machines, so it's not related to a corrupt installation.
  • Sometimes it's fine for a while (up to one hour) after launching Xcode, but once it starts happening, it's getting worse and worse, until Xcode is restarted. Then it's fine again (for a while)

I've searched the web for similar experiences, and I can't find anything. I would think that it is a known problem, since it occurs on 3 different Macs here (both running 10.5 and 10.6).

Anyone having the same problems? Or a suggestion for fixing this?

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