leanprover / leanprover/lean4

Info view term hover shows field notation docs instead of docstring of hovered constant

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Description

Prerequisites

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Description

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MWE:

example (l : List Nat) : l.get = l.get := _
Context

n/a

Steps to Reproduce
  1. put cursor on _ in MWE
  2. hover over get in expected type

Expected behavior: See List.get docstring, possibly followed by field notation documentation

Actual behavior: Only field notation docs are shown

Versions

4.16.0-rc2

Additional Information

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the minimal example in the issue on the Lean nightly release or live. Trace the info view's hover handling for get in the expected type and compare it with the field notation documentation path. Done means hovering List.get shows its docstring, optionally followed by the field notation documentation.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
documentation, tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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