rokucommunity / rokucommunity/brighterscript
Type keyword that returns BrighterScript object type
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BrighterScript
New Language Feature
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
- Stars
- 208
- Forks
- 68
- Avg merge
- 8h 39m
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 39
Description
would be great to have a type keyword that could return the brightscript or brighterscript type of an object. So if it's a brighterscript class, you'll get className, if it's a node/primitive, you'll get the default type
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Research direction
Start by locating the BrightScript parser and type-system entry points that handle keywords and object types; the issue names no files or tests. Define the supported results for BrightScript classes, nodes, and primitives, then add coverage showing that the new type keyword returns those values.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100