What do the Xcode icons signify during autocompletion?

Question

See the S, Pr, T, L on the left side of the images - what do these initials signify? Kindly include answers for icons I have not mentioned here as well.

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I only know that C represents class and S represents Struct.

See also http://stackoverflow.com/questions/32730359/what-does-a-swift-data-type-of-l-stand-for. — Martin R, Jul 10 '16 at 17:56

luk2302 · Accepted Answer · 2016-07-10T17:49:44.447

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Protocol
Struct
Class
function
Value / Variable
Type
Local value / variable

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answered Jul 10 '16 at 17:49

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L = Local variable – rob mayoff Jul 10 '16 at 17:49
@robmayoff thanks! – luk2302 Jul 10 '16 at 17:51
I think you were right that T is typealias. – rob mayoff Jul 10 '16 at 17:53
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@robmayoff damn it, and it has already been asked and answered before anyway. – luk2302 Jul 10 '16 at 17:54
@luk2302 any way to add custom icons there ;) – Johnykutty Jun 14 '19 at 13:10
You can add `M` = Method to this list and `{ }` for reserved keywords like `for`, `let`, `var` etc... – Leo Dabus Jul 20 '20 at 03:06
There is also `I` for initializer – Leo Dabus Feb 20 '23 at 05:36
new version xcode, use **icon** to show, what's does mean symbol **#** – maple Mar 24 '23 at 03:25

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 10 '16 at 17:49

As you've already surmised:

C: class
S: struct

Some others:

Pr: Protocol
Ex: extension (found in the symbol navigator, but not code completion)
T: Type (generic type constraint, protocol associated type, etc)
L: let constant / immutable property
V: var variable / mutable property
P: property (IIRC Xcode favors L/V for Swift, but you see P for ObjC properties)

(Not 100% sure of the last three, and I'm on the phone so I can't check. Will follow up later to verify those and add some more...)

What do the Xcode icons signify during autocompletion?

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