Generate method stub on code with too many {

Question

I just noticed that when you try to generate a method stub on code where there are more { than }, the method stub gets generated incorrectly.

For instance:

    static void Main(string[] args) {
        myMethod();
    }

creating a method stub for myMethod() expands correctly into:

    static void Main(string[] args) {
        myMethod();
    }

    private static void myMethod() {
        throw new NotImplementedException();
    }

However! If I now continue and add:

{
    newMethod();

And try to generate a method stub for newMethod(), I get this:

        static void Main(string[] args) {
            myMethod();
            {
                newMethod();
        }

        private

private static void newMethod()
{
    throw new NotImplementedException();
} static void myMethod() {
            throw new NotImplementedException();
        }
    }

Can I configure Visual Studio somehow as to do it correctly? Or is this something that would have to be reported to someone?

Answer 1

I think this is a case of garbage in, garbage out.

If your code is written in such a way that it's impossible for the auto-generation tools to tell where one code block ends and another begins then I wouldn't expect it to be able to produce meaningful results.

Answer 2

If you consider this behavior a bug, I recommend reporting it to Microsoft Connect.

Of course, the simple solution is to have well-formatted code prior to using code gen and automated refactor routines. I can't imagine how the text editor could "correctly" handle the potentially-unlimited variety of malformed code.