rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-analyzer

IDE feature support for `asm` macro

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Description

We should be able to support asm macro calls with more features like name resolution for locals passed to it, completions, semantic highlighting etc

cc https://github.com/rust-analyzer/rust-analyzer/issues/6031

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Research direction

Start by reading the referenced rust-analyzer issue 6031 and the handling of asm macro calls described here. Determine the scope for local name resolution, completions, and semantic highlighting, then define completion criteria for each supported IDE feature.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
compilers, devtools
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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