# servot developer editor

**URL:** <https://forum.servoy.com/t/servot-developer-editor/15002>\
**Category:** Classic Servoy\
**Created:** [November 10, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/servot-developer-editor/15002 "2011-11-10T01:46:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![rogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c67d28/32.png) [@rogel](https://forum.servoy.com/u/rogel)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 1:46am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/servot-developer-editor/15002/1 "2011-11-10T01:46:14Z")

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hi!

why does sometimes I do not see a “{}” in data type of the generated document block

```auto
/**
 * @type String
 *
 * @properties={typeid:35,uuid:"B7C091E2-816B-4A6E-8A62-6B9CAF36B076",variableType:12}
 */

```

```auto
/**
 * @type {String}
 *
 * @properties={typeid:35,uuid:"B7C091E2-816B-4A6E-8A62-6B9CAF36B076",variableType:12}
 */

```

What is the difference?

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**Author:** ![mboegem](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.servoy.com/mboegem/32/4399_2.png) [@mboegem](https://forum.servoy.com/u/mboegem)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2011, 8:12am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/servot-developer-editor/15002/2 "2011-11-10T08:12:58Z")

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Hi Rogel,

do you know what you did at creation time, that caused the difference?

AFAIK the version without the brackets isn’t correct JSDoc notation.

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**Author:** ![rogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c67d28/32.png) [@rogel](https://forum.servoy.com/u/rogel)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 4:11am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/servot-developer-editor/15002/3 "2011-11-11T04:11:45Z")

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> mboegem:  
> Hi Rogel,
> 
> do you know what you did at creation time, that caused the difference?
> 
> AFAIK the version without the brackets isn’t correct JSDoc notation.

I am trying to change the data type from Number to String using the Edit Variable. Most of the JSDocs datatype removed the {} and having numerous conflicts when synchronizing with SVN. ![:(]( "Sad")

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**Author:** ![mboegem](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.servoy.com/mboegem/32/4399_2.png) [@mboegem](https://forum.servoy.com/u/mboegem)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 8:24am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/servot-developer-editor/15002/4 "2011-11-11T08:24:15Z")

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Sound like a bug…  
Try to reproduce the steps and make a case?

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**Author:** ![rogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c67d28/32.png) [@rogel](https://forum.servoy.com/u/rogel)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 9:44am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/servot-developer-editor/15002/5 "2011-11-11T09:44:14Z")

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> mboegem:  
> Sound like a bug…  
> Try to reproduce the steps and make a case?

I copied a servoy install of my teammate, checkout a fresh copy from SVN and changed the datatype via edit variable and it did not change the jsdoc datatype. ![:)]( "Smile") but now I have to compare my changes from another workspace. does servoy editor allow compare of 2 workspaces to make it easier?

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**Author:** ![mboegem](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex010/user_avatar/forum.servoy.com/mboegem/32/4399_2.png) [@mboegem](https://forum.servoy.com/u/mboegem)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2011, 9:51am UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/servot-developer-editor/15002/6 "2011-11-11T09:51:40Z")

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the files in your workspace are just plain text.  
there should be a tool out there that is able to compare the textfiles in 2 folders…

but why not start committing the ‘old’ workspace, and overwrite the changes you don’t want with the servercopy.  
then commit whatever is left.

After that you can decide to do a fresh checkout again…