> For no real reason: i can type "empty()" on the keyboard faster than I can look at a screen

I just checked my key sequence for writing that :

   if<ctrl+space><enter>myv<enter>.em<enter><down arrow>fill<enter>myv<enter><right button>;

At no point I had to "choose" from a list from screen - if I have to I just type the next letter until what I want is accessible under <enter>.

It's most certainly faster for me to press a single enter when it does than the four remaining letters, and the parentheses