sub members (properties/methods) of variables appear different behind an array reference

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
powershell
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Reproduce the three PowerShell expressions in VS Code and use the mentioned Inspect TM Scopes command to compare their scopes. Trace the syntax-highlighting grammar or entry point that handles property access through array references and parenthesized expressions. Done means all equivalent property accesses receive the intended property scope rather than the default unscoped color.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Description

bug
Environment
  • Editor and Version: VS Code: 1.25.1
  • Your primary theme: Dark+ (with corrections for punctuation inside subexpressions inside strings)
Issue Description

Shouldn't both of these appear equivalent? These are all just accessing a property of an object.

$dir.Extension

$dir[0].Extension

($dir).Extension

obviously there could be a complete expression inside the brackets.

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Expected Behavior

I would have expected the properties to both be shown in the same dull yellow, but only the first one is, the others are instead white, the default when no scope match occurs.

Using VS Code's Inspect TM Scopes, the first line, results in 'entity.name.function.invocation.powershell' and 'source.powershell', where as the second only has 'source.powershell'.

Fortunately ${dir}.Extension appears correct, but brings up a different issue.

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