LuaLS / LuaLS/lua-language-server
Regular comments (i.e. `-- comment`) shouldn't be included in documentation
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Description
How are you using the lua-language-server?
NeoVim
Which OS are you using?
MacOS
What is the issue affecting?
Hover
Expected Behaviour
-- THIS IS NOT A DOC COMMENT
---This is a doc comment
local a = ''
Hovering a should show: This is a doc comment.
Actual Behaviour
-- THIS IS NOT A DOC COMMENT
local a = ''
Hovering a shows:
THIS IS NOT A DOC COMMENT
This is a doc comment
Reproduction steps
See above ^^^
Additional Notes
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Research direction
Start with the Lua example in the issue and reproduce the hover output in NeoVim. Trace the hover documentation handling to determine why regular -- comments are included alongside --- comments; done means hovering a shows only This is a doc comment.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- lua
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100