auto completion inserting already-existing text ("overwrite" to the right)

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code completion unnecessarily not "overwriting" to the right (Java specific? language specific fixes with compile-check "smarter" "smart" acceptSuggestion possible)

TLDR; just look below at image attachments (step 1, 2, 3)

whoops didn't mean to submit to vscode-java-debug....

"overwriting" or "contextual insert" or "surrounding check" or "duplicate surround text" might be a better term

unsure about all cases (even in a language-specific context), but I hit this one enough that it warrants something to alleviate.

First stab at bug filing at "editor." level, though fixes (with compile-check bonus) could be language specific. (Java in this case)

discussion

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fixes would include:

1. just don't write duplicate text
2. a property with options (as its possibly "destructive", though I'd prefer the "destructive" option here)
3. language specific fix (bonus: detect which actually compiles)

between image 2 and image 3, both [tab] and [enter] seem to have the same results, so maybe this could be considered in configuration (on tab, check/replace same surrounding text, on enter just insert)

tried following settings, no difference observed:

"editor.acceptSuggestionOnEnter": "smart",
"editor.acceptSuggestionOnEnter": "on",

wanted:

"editor.acceptSuggestionOnEnter": "overwrite" or ("replacesame"),
"java.completion.acceptReplaceMode": "compile"

or
"editor.acceptSuggestionSurroundMode": {
 "replaceSame": ,
}

Also, separately, but not,

1. editor.suggest isn't ordering by preexisting surround text
2. language-specific e.g. "java.completion.orderByPriorityStaticMode": "preexisting" surround check could handle ordering better
3. bonus language-specific e.g. "java.completion.orderByPriorityCompileCheck": "true" surround check could handle ordering

Environment

• Operating System: N/A
• JDK version: N/A
• Visual Studio Code version: 1.82.2
• Java extension version: 1.22.1
• Java Debugger extension version: N/A

Steps To Reproduce

Here's a simple setter-to-fluent workflow change, but I seem to hit this case of not looking at preexisting text to the right

Current Result

see image 3

Expected Result

1. don't not overwrite the same text as is being replaced (no idea about ALL cases, but something could be done, but maybe language specific)
2. property options on "surrounding smartness"

Additional Informations

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missed this is a -debug (vscode-java-debug) repo. going to submit to redhat-developer/vscode-java

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submitted

though this isn't language specific, specifically. includes language specific enhancements