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While coding Objective-C, I'll frequently need to call a superclass' implementation of a method. Routinely, I'll need to pass the same parameters that my method got passed to super's implementation. Therefore, this should be able to do using autocomplete.

When in an Objective-C .m file, and want to call a super's method, the first word I type is "super". When I type this, the autocomplete window should pop up with a recommendation for "super". If I select it, it should replace the "super" with the full line of code.

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For a method with this signature:

-(void)drawRect:(NSRect)aRect{ ... }

Invoking this "super" autocomplete should print:

[super drawRect:aRect];

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Similarly, for this signature:

-(NSString *)foo:(id)aFoo bar:(id)aBar baz:(id)someBaz{ ... }

Invoking "super"'s autocomplete should print one of these, possibly based on context:

NSString *value = [super foo:aFoo bar:aBar baz:someBaz];

or

[super foo:aFoo bar:aBar baz:someBaz];

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This addition would significantly speed up coding, especially in situations where subclasses need to override a lot of methods, while still invoking super's implementation (such as UIViewController subclasses on iPhone, where methods like -viewWillAppear: and -viewDidAppear: are often overridden in subclasses).