LuaLS / LuaLS/lua-language-server

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feat/diagnostics
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Description

How are you using the lua-language-server?

NeoVim

Which OS are you using?

Linux

What is the issue affecting?

Diagnostics/Syntax Checking

Expected Behaviour
if false then
    print()
end

print() is marked as unreachable

Actual Behaviour

no diagnostics

Reproduction steps

Open a file with such contents

Additional Notes

No response

Log File

No response

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

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  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Reproduce the diagnostic behavior in NeoVim using the Lua snippet from the issue, then trace the language server's diagnostics and syntax-checking entry points. Done means the inner print() statement is reported as unreachable for this example.

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
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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