rhys-vdw / rhys-vdw/lua-doc-extractor

Support parsing multi-line union with comments

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Dominant language
TypeScript
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Description

/***
 * @param someValues
 * | 1 # One
 * | 2 # Two
 * | 3 # Three
 * @function foo
 */

Alternative syntax:

---@alias Foo
---Hello
---| "H"
---Goodbye
---| "G"

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the C-style and Lua documentation examples from the issue and trace the parser entry point that handles union declarations. Done means multi-line union members are parsed correctly when inline comments or intervening comment lines are present, for both shown syntaxes.

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Assessment

Tech stack
lua, typescript
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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