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Add the max_num_candidates option to limit the number of non-identifier candidates returned by ycmd. Its default value is set to 50 as this seems a good compromise between performance and the amount of candidates shown to the user (10 candidates like for identifiers would be too low).

Limiting the number of candidates does not only improve performance when sorting them (see PR #825) but also when sending the response to the client as the response is smaller and when clients are populating the completion menu since there are less candidates.


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Valloric commented Sep 3, 2017

We'll need a change to YCM's README as well.

Thanks for the PR!

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Totally forgot about the /filter_and_sort_candidates handler. The MiscHandlers_FilterAndSortCandidates_Basic test saved us!


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:lgtm: @zzbot r=Valloric


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[READY] Add max_num_candidates option

Add the `max_num_candidates` option to limit the number of non-identifier candidates returned by ycmd. Its default value is set to 50 as this seems a good compromise between performance and the amount of candidates shown to the user (10 candidates like for identifiers would be too low).

Limiting the number of candidates does not only improve performance when sorting them (see PR #825) but also when sending the response to the client as the response is smaller and when clients are populating the completion menu since there are less candidates.

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Set the maximum number of candidates to 50 by default.
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micbou commented Sep 3, 2017

The FilenameCompleter_ClinetDataGivenToExtraConf fails on OS X because the include.hpp candidate is not among the first 50 candidates (we automatically add the include system paths on this platform). We set the max_num_candidates to 0 for this test.


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[READY] Add max_num_candidates option

Add the `max_num_candidates` option to limit the number of non-identifier candidates returned by ycmd. Its default value is set to 50 as this seems a good compromise between performance and the amount of candidates shown to the user (10 candidates like for identifiers would be too low).

Limiting the number of candidates does not only improve performance when sorting them (see PR #825) but also when sending the response to the client as the response is smaller and when clients are populating the completion menu since there are less candidates.

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[READY] Update ycmd

This new version of ycmd includes the following changes:

 - PR ycm-core/ycmd#795: add option to make relative paths in flags from extra conf absolute;
 - PR ycm-core/ycmd#802: fix compilation on Haiku;
 - PR ycm-core/ycmd#804: add libclang detection on FreeBSD;
 - PR ycm-core/ycmd#808: write python used during build before installing completers;
 - PR ycm-core/ycmd#810: support unknown languages from tags;
 - PR ycm-core/ycmd#811: update Universal Ctags languages list;
 - PR ycm-core/ycmd#814: resolve symlinks in extra conf glob patterns;
 - PR ycm-core/ycmd#815: update JediHTTP;
 - PR ycm-core/ycmd#816: update Boost to 1.65.0;
 - PR ycm-core/ycmd#819: filter and sort candidates when query is empty;
 - PR ycm-core/ycmd#820: improve LLVM root path search for prebuilt binaries;
 - PR ycm-core/ycmd#822: inline critical utility functions;
 - PR ycm-core/ycmd#824: do not sort header paths in filename completer;
 - PR ycm-core/ycmd#825: implement partial sorting;
 - PR ycm-core/ycmd#830: add max_num_candidates option;
 - PR ycm-core/ycmd#831: fix multiline comments and strings issues;
 - PR ycm-core/ycmd#832: update Clang to 5.0.0.

The `g:ycm_max_num_candidates` and `g:ycm_max_num_identifier_candidates` options are added to the documentation.

The link to ycmd extra conf is updated.

Fixes #2562.

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[READY] Update ycmd

This new version of ycmd includes the following changes:

 - PR ycm-core/ycmd#795: add option to make relative paths in flags from extra conf absolute;
 - PR ycm-core/ycmd#802: fix compilation on Haiku;
 - PR ycm-core/ycmd#804: add libclang detection on FreeBSD;
 - PR ycm-core/ycmd#808: write python used during build before installing completers;
 - PR ycm-core/ycmd#810: support unknown languages from tags;
 - PR ycm-core/ycmd#811: update Universal Ctags languages list;
 - PR ycm-core/ycmd#814: resolve symlinks in extra conf glob patterns;
 - PR ycm-core/ycmd#815: update JediHTTP;
 - PR ycm-core/ycmd#816: update Boost to 1.65.0;
 - PR ycm-core/ycmd#819: filter and sort candidates when query is empty;
 - PR ycm-core/ycmd#820: improve LLVM root path search for prebuilt binaries;
 - PR ycm-core/ycmd#822: inline critical utility functions;
 - PR ycm-core/ycmd#824: do not sort header paths in filename completer;
 - PR ycm-core/ycmd#825: implement partial sorting;
 - PR ycm-core/ycmd#830: add max_num_candidates option;
 - PR ycm-core/ycmd#831: fix multiline comments and strings issues;
 - PR ycm-core/ycmd#832: update Clang to 5.0.0.

The `g:ycm_max_num_candidates` and `g:ycm_max_num_identifier_candidates` options are added to the documentation.

The link to ycmd extra conf is updated.

Fixes #2562.

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