rescript-lang / rescript-lang/rescript-vscode
No hover type hints within %%private(...)
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Description
I know this is a bit exotic and %%private is weird anyway, but I just came across this:
For anything contained within %%private(...), hover type hints do not work.
E.g.:
%%private(let x = 42)
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue in the ReScript VSCode plugin using %%private(let x = 42) and inspect the hover type-hint handling for expressions inside %%private(...). Done means hovering over x displays its type in VSCode, with coverage for this example.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- vscode
- Domain
- developer-experience
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100