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Named arguments highlight for Kotlin.

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Description

Kotlin supports named arguments. It would be nice to have argument name highlighted.

execute(context = Context(), str = "string") // here context and str are name of the argument

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Research direction

Start by locating Pygments' Kotlin lexer and its lexer tests. Use the issue's execute(context = Context(), str = "string") example to check how named arguments are currently tokenized, then add coverage showing that context and str receive the intended highlighting.

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Assessment

Tech stack
kotlin, python
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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