LuaLS / LuaLS/lua-language-server
feature request: refactor to expand and collapse expressions
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Description
It would be nice to be able to pull out repeated expressions or expand an expression on demand.
So one could jump back and forth between for example:
function love.draw()
local w, h = love.graphics.getDimensions()
love.graphics.setColor(1, 0, 0)
love.graphics.circle('fill', 50, 50, 22)
love.graphics.setColor(1, 1, 0)
love.graphics.circle('fill', 50, 100, 22)
love.graphics.setColor(0, 1, 0)
love.graphics.circle('fill', 50, 150, 22)
end
and
local g = love.graphics
function love.draw()
local w, h = g.getDimensions()
g.setColor(1, 0, 0)
g.circle('fill', 50, 50, 22)
g.setColor(1, 1, 0)
g.circle('fill', 50, 100, 22)
g.setColor(0, 1, 0)
g.circle('fill', 50, 150, 22)
end
It would also be nice to do this for local variables, so that the change is only applied where all the nessecary variables are visible (i.e. for required modules within a scope or long paths in arguments), so one can easily switch between
local function compileInfo(project)
return {
root = project.main,
compiler = project.conf.toolchain == 'gnu' and 'gcc'
or project.conf.toolchain == 'windows' and 'msvc'
or project.conf.toolchain == 'clang' and 'clang'
}
end
and
local function compileInfo(project)
local c = project.conf
return {
root = project.main,
compiler = c.toolchain == 'gnu' and 'gcc'
or c.toolchain == 'windows' and 'msvc'
or c.toolchain == 'clang' and 'clang'
}
end
or
local function compileInfo(project)
local t = project.conf.toolchain
return {
root = project.main,
compiler = t == 'gnu' and 'gcc'
or t == 'windows' and 'msvc'
or t == 'clang' and 'clang'
}
end
This is most usefull for long namespaced paths, but it may also be usefull to extract out some repeated constants or function calls and expand them again, so one can switch between:
local function copy(src, dst)
for f in lfs.dir(src) do
local src = io.open(src..package.config:sub(1, 1)..f, "rb")
local dst = io.open(dst..package.config:sub(1, 1)..f, "wb")
end
end
and
local DIR_SEP = package.config:sub(1, 1)
local function copy(src, dst)
for f in lfs.dir(src) do
local src = io.open(src..DIR_SEP..f, "rb")
local dst = io.open(dst..DIR_SEP..f, "wb")
end
end
Ideally one could chose the name of the pulled out expression via an prompt.
It's a long time since I had a good look at your codebase, so I wouldn't know where to start if I wanted to implement such a feature myself. I might be willing to try, if someone gives me a few pointers though.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- lua
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100