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Linter provides no warnings for invalid C code
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Description
See title, create a fresh test.c file with the contents:
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
asdfd;
return 0;
}
(If) Linting is working properly, asdfd will be underlined with squigglies as you would expect. What you would not expect is that turning it into a function call makes the squigglies go away:
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
asdfd();
return 0;
}
Furthermore, hovering over it produces the popup int asdfd(), as if it was defined to return int somewhere. This is just silly.
Related to #746
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First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Reproduce the behavior in a fresh test.c using the two snippets, comparing the standalone invalid identifier with the function-call form. Read related issue #746 and trace the C/C++ linting and hover behavior from that reproduction. Done means both invalid forms are diagnosed appropriately and the call no longer gets a fabricated int asdfd() hover.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100