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In Java you can declare local variables just about anywhere in the code. That makes it difficult to, at a glance, see if a variable is local, a parameter or a instance or static field of the class. Naming conventions are often imposed to remedy this. However, different shops have a habit adopting different naming conventions, and you are increasingly likely to use toolkits in source form from a number of different origins. It would be helpful if it was possible to assign different colors to identifiers by their scope, so that e.g. fields and local variables would stand out as different in the editor.
Available in builds > 20040423 (see preference page Java->Editor->Semantic Highlighting; will be integrated with the current Syntax Highlighting preference page). Please close this bug.
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