PowerShell / PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer

Update PSUseCorrectCasing to enforce correct casing of language keywords

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Issue - Enhancement Up-for-Grabs
Dominant language
C#
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Description

Summary of the new feature

Incorrect case of language keywords should result in a PSUseCorrectCasing rule violation.

A list of keywords can be obtained by reflection:

[ref].Assembly.GetType('System.Management.Automation.Language.Tokenizer').
GetDeclaredField('_keywordText').
ForEach{ $PSItem.GetValue($null) }
elseif
if
else
switch
foreach
from
in
for
while
until
do
try
catch
finally
trap
data
return
continue
break
exit
throw
begin
process
end
dynamicparam
function
filter
param
class
define
var
using
workflow
parallel
sequence
inlinescript
configuration
public
private
static
interface
enum
namespace
module
type
assembly
command
hidden
base

What is the latest version of PSScriptAnalyzer at the point of writing
1.19.0

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with the PSUseCorrectCasing rule and the PowerShell keyword list obtained through Tokenizer reflection. Check how the rule currently detects casing violations, then cover the listed keywords and verify that incorrectly cased language keywords are reported while correctly cased ones are accepted.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
csharp, powershell
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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