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No autocomplete for the "submodules" of a library when those included from init.lua
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Description
Dear developers, I've read similar existing issues but didn't find the answer.
I have a library (which I am the developer of) which has this structure:
and `init.lua` is
```lua
local UI = (...) .. '.'
return {
Block = require(UI .. 'Block'),
Image = require(UI .. 'Image'),
Label = require(UI .. 'Label'),
Layout = require(UI .. 'Layout'),
Rectangle = require(UI .. 'Rectangle'),
Stack = require(UI .. 'Stack'),
ImageButton = require(UI .. 'ImageButton'),
TextField = require(UI .. 'TextField'),
utils = require(UI .. 'utils')
}
```
and the rockspec contains this:
```lua
build = {
type = 'builtin',
modules = {
['likelihud'] = 'likelihud/init.lua',
['likelihud.Block'] = 'likelihud/Block.lua',
['likelihud.Image'] = 'likelihud/Image.lua',
['likelihud.Label'] = 'likelihud/Label.lua',
['likelihud.Layout'] = 'likelihud/Layout.lua',
['likelihud.Rectangle'] = 'likelihud/Rectangle.lua',
['likelihud.Stack'] = 'likelihud/Stack.lua',
['likelihud.ImageButton'] = 'likelihud/ImageButton.lua',
['likelihud.TextField'] = 'likelihud/TextField.lua',
['likelihud.utils'] = 'likelihud/utils.lua',
},
}
```
So after install I have
Coc-config:
```json
{
"suggest.noselect": true,
"Lua.workspace.library" : [
"/usr/local/share/lua/5.1"
]
}
```
# The problem
If I write
```lua
local Button = require('likelihud.ImageButton')
```
I get autocomplete for `Button`.
But if instead I do
```lua
local ui = require('likelihud')
```
I get only those fields when I do `ui.`, _but the fields are unknown._ :
So the problem LSP doesn't resolve this `(...) .. '.'` inside `init.lua`. Should I somehow change how `init.lua` provides those files or how to fix that ?
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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 provided init.lua module and rockspec, then reproduce the two require patterns in LuaLS with the shown workspace.library setting. Trace how dynamic require paths are resolved and how returned table fields receive types; done means ui. offers known, typed fields for the modules exported by init.lua.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- lua
- Domain
- developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 52/100