Attributes not attached to parameters aren't recognized as attributes but as a generic type
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Assessment
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100
- Issue type
- Bug
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Activity status
- Stale
- Tech stack
- powershell
- Domain
- devtools
Research direction
Start by reproducing the supplied PowerShell snippet in a supported editor and inspect the repository's PowerShell syntax-highlighting rules. Done means the unattached attribute is classified as an attribute rather than a generic type, with PowerShell-specific highlighting where appropriate.
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Description
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Steps to reproduce
[System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute("NotRealRule")]
$mycodeblock
Expected behavior
At least classified as entity.other.attribute and something more powershell-specific. See example for an attribute attached to param block

Actual behavior

Error details
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Environment data
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 7.3.3
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId 7.3.3
OS Microsoft Windows 10.0.23419
Platform Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0
Version
1.0
- Dominant language
- PowerShell
- Stars
- 151
- Forks
- 55
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
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