LuaLS / LuaLS/lua-language-server
Required modules' returns' types are wrong when more than a single value is returned
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enhancement
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- Lua
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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 WSL
What is the issue affecting?
Type Checking, Diagnostics/Syntax Checking, Libraries
Expected Behaviour
First type should be a number, second - a string, third - a boolean
Actual Behaviour
Reproduction steps
main.lua
local number, string, boolean = require "required"
required.lua
return 1337, "string", true
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Research direction
Reproduce the report with main.lua requiring required.lua, where the module returns 1337, "string", and true. Trace the require return-type handling in the language server and verify that the three assigned variables are inferred as number, string, and boolean with correct diagnostics.
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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