LuaLS / LuaLS/lua-language-server
The integer addition loop has a bug
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Description
---@param bag table<integer, integer>
---@return integer
---@nodiscard
local function foo(bag)
local sum = 0
for _, count in pairs(bag) do
sum = sum + count
end
return sum -- bug! sum is unknown
end
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Research direction
No file or test is named. Start by reproducing the reported Lua snippet in the language server and trace why the integer type from pairs is not retained for sum; done means the example no longer reports sum as unknown.
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
- 42/100