jaredly / jaredly/reason-language-server
cppo / merlin -pp flag support for OCaml
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Description
Merlin 3.3.0 introduced `-pp` flag that allows it correctly parse cppo's `#ifdef/#else/#endif` conditionals. Say, my `.merlin` file contains
```
FLG -pp "cppo -D DEBUG"
```
That was enough for https://github.com/hackwaly/vscode-ocaml. But now I'm trying to switch to `reason-language-server`. As it doesn't directly use `merlin`, do you plan to add similar functionality? `cppo` syntax highlighting would be also convenient.
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Research direction
Start by examining the .merlin example and the reason-language-server entry points that invoke Merlin or provide syntax highlighting. Determine how support for `-pp "cppo -D DEBUG"` and cppo conditionals would fit, then verify that both preprocessing-aware parsing and the requested highlighting behavior work as intended.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- ocaml
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100