Couldn't you implement this as a plugin in your text editor?
I think this could work reasonably well in Vim. You could have a shortcut in normal mode 'av' (add variable) which would let you create a new variable and possibly set its type and the same every other construct in the language (structs, functions...).
The AI could probably even give you better suggestions in this workflow because it would have a better understanding of what you are trying to do.
If you really think about it, a plugin like this would be a more 'strict' snippets engine. After the LLM revolution we kinda forgot about the idea of using snippets to insert text into our files. But maybe its time to bring this idea back?
Possibly! Though I think one of the purported strengths of a structured editor is that it restricts the ability to create invalid syntax. What you're editing really isn't _text_, per se. But you could definitely get halfway there with what you describe. That would be pretty interesting.
I think this could work reasonably well in Vim. You could have a shortcut in normal mode 'av' (add variable) which would let you create a new variable and possibly set its type and the same every other construct in the language (structs, functions...).
The AI could probably even give you better suggestions in this workflow because it would have a better understanding of what you are trying to do.
If you really think about it, a plugin like this would be a more 'strict' snippets engine. After the LLM revolution we kinda forgot about the idea of using snippets to insert text into our files. But maybe its time to bring this idea back?