rokucommunity / rokucommunity/brighterscript

support extending interfaces

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Description

Please consider allow to extends brighterscript interfaces

the snippet:

interface Foo
    a as string
end interface

interface Bar extends Foo
    b as string
end interface

should allow to define an interface Foo with just the a field, and the interface Bar with a and b fields

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Research direction

Start by locating the parser and type-checking entry points for BrightScript interfaces. Reproduce the Foo and Bar example from the issue, then trace how interface fields are collected and validated. Done means an interface can extend another interface and exposes both inherited and locally declared fields.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
compilers
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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