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@overload fun
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Description
How are you using the lua-language-server?
Visual Studio Code Extension (sumneko.lua)
Which OS are you using?
Windows
What is the issue affecting?
Completion
Expected Behaviour
Parameter Code Completion does not work when the constructor is defined.

Actual Behaviour
Missing Code Completion for the overload
Reproduction steps
---@class ABC.Parameter
---@field public a number
---@field public b number
---@class ABC
---@overload fun(tParameters?:ABC.Parameter):ABC
local a = {}
---@param tParameters ABC.Parameter
function a:new(tParameters)
local o = {}
setmetatable(o, self)
self.__index = self
return o
end
---@type ABC
local a
a({})
a:new({})
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Research direction
Start with the Lua-language-server completion handling for the reproduced constructor and @overload declarations. Run the provided Lua snippet in the Visual Studio Code extension on Windows, then trace how parameter completion is resolved for a constructor defined with @overload. Done means completion works for both a({}) and a:new({}) as shown in the reproduction.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- lua
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100