Tooltip behaviour ?

[Buzby]

When a symbol is defined from a constant the value is displayed in the tooltip, when a symbol is derived from another symbol the original symbol is displayed instead, this is deliberate by design to match the code.

I'm not sure this is the best way for the tooltips to work. Usually this dosen't matter, as derived symbols are not usually 'calculated'.

However, a technique used often in programming is the 'origin' + 'offset' method, e.g. -

symbol org        =  1000
symbol v1          =  org + 2
symbol v2          =  org + 4
symbol v3          =  org + 6

Now all the tooltips for the variables will show 'org', or, if the bug is fixed, 'org + x'.

I think it would be better if the tooltips for derived constants showed the values, not the definitions.

Cheers,

Buzby

 

[PhilHornby]

You could argue, that what it currently shows, is just wrong ...