fix #425

Author: DonJayamanne

package.json

@@ -776,6 +776,11 @@
           "default": [],
           "description": "List of paths to libraries and the like that need to be imported by auto complete engine. E.g. when using Google App SDK, the paths are not in system path, hence need to be added into this list."
         },
+        "python.autoComplete.addBrackets": {
+          "type": "boolean",
+          "default": false,
+          "description": "Automatically add brackets for functions."
+        },
         "python.unitTest.promptToConfigure": {
           "type": "boolean",
           "default": true,

src/client/common/configSettings.ts

@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ export interface IFormattingSettings {
     outputWindow: string;
 }
 export interface IAutoCompeteSettings {
+    addBrackets: boolean;
     extraPaths: string[];
 }
 export interface ITerminalSettings {
@@ -194,7 +195,8 @@ export class PythonSettings extends EventEmitter implements IPythonSettings {
         }
         // Support for travis
         this.autoComplete = this.autoComplete ? this.autoComplete : {
-            extraPaths: []
+            extraPaths: [],
+            addBrackets: false
         };
 
         let unitTestSettings = systemVariables.resolveAny(pythonSettings.get<IUnitTestSettings>('unitTest'));

src/client/providers/completionProvider.ts

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ import * as proxy from './jediProxy';
 import * as telemetryContracts from '../common/telemetryContracts';
 import { extractSignatureAndDocumentation } from './jediHelpers';
 import { EOL } from 'os';
+import { PythonSettings } from '../common/configSettings';
+
+const pythonSettings = PythonSettings.getInstance();
 
 export class PythonCompletionItemProvider implements vscode.CompletionItemProvider {
     private jediProxyHandler: proxy.JediProxyHandler<proxy.ICompletionResult, vscode.CompletionItem[]>;
@@ -20,6 +23,10 @@ export class PythonCompletionItemProvider implements vscode.CompletionItemProvid
                 completionItem.kind = item.type;
                 completionItem.documentation = sigAndDocs[1].length === 0 ? item.description : sigAndDocs[1];
                 completionItem.detail = sigAndDocs[0].split(EOL).join('');
+                if (pythonSettings.autoComplete.addBrackets === true &&
+                    (item.kind === vscode.SymbolKind.Function || item.kind === vscode.SymbolKind.Method)) {
+                    completionItem.insertText = item.text + '({{}})';
+                }
 
                 // ensure the built in memebers are at the bottom
                 completionItem.sortText = (completionItem.label.startsWith('__') ? 'z' : (completionItem.label.startsWith('_') ? 'y' : '__')) + completionItem.label;