LuaLS / LuaLS/lua-language-server
Support optional chaining
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enhancement
- Dominant language
- 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
What is the issue affecting?
Formatting
Expected Behaviour
if weaps[i]?.serial ~= tempInv[i].vars.serial then
if weaps[i]?.obj then
DeleteObject(weaps[i].obj)
weaps[i] = nil
end
GiveWeap(tempInv[i])
end
Actual Behaviour
syntax Problem '?'
Reproduction steps
- Go to '...'
- Click '...'
- See error '...'
Additional Notes
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Log File
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Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the formatting failure in the Visual Studio Code Extension with the optional-chaining examples from the issue. Trace how the Lua language server parses and formats the expressions, then verify that both examples no longer report a syntax problem and are formatted correctly.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- lua
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100