LuaLS / LuaLS/lua-language-server
`unknown-cast-variable` in last function of a file
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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?
Type Checking
### Expected Behaviour
I have a file with two functions that both cast a local variable to a different type. This works perfectly for the first function but fails for the second (or the last if I add more functions).
### Actual Behaviour
Error `Unknown type conversion variable item (unknown-cast-variable)` for the `---@cast item B` inside `fu()`.
### Reproduction steps
```lua
---@alias A table
---@alias B table
---@type table
local items = {}
function fu()
local item = items[1]
---@cast item B
end
function bar()
local item = items[1]
-- Error appears here:
---@cast item B
end
```
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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 with the Lua reproduction in the issue and trace how the language server handles `---@cast` variables across consecutive functions. Compare the successful cast in `fu()` with the failing cast in `bar()`; done means both casts are accepted without `unknown-cast-variable`.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- lua
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
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