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>>>>> Eli Zaretskii <e...@gnu.org>:

>> From: Steinar Bang <s...@dod.no>

>> Can tags filter out those symbols that would match what you're
>> typing, but aren't reachable from the point in the code where you are
>> typing?

> I don't understand the question.  Tags don't "match symbols", they
> show you the definition of the symbol.  That definition is not related
> to scope.

I was thinking of something along the lines of what eclipse does with
Java files: when you type, it suggests symbols from what's currently
available (depending on scope and what you are doing) and what matches
what you have typed so far.

I have used tags for navigation only, not for helping create new code.