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Better ergonomics when pasting within code blocks in doc comments.
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Description
I'm in the situation where I want to paste a multi-line bit of code here:

let (even, odd_map): (Vec<i32>, HashMap<i32, f32>) =
a.iter()
.partition_mapped(|&n| n % 2 == 0, |n| n, |&n| (n, (n * 10) as f32));
but when I do, only the first line stays as a doc comment, the rest end up pasted "outside":

What I'm proposing is that I should've ended up with this instead:
/// let (even, odd_map): (Vec<i32>, HashMap<i32, f32>) =
/// a.iter()
/// .partition_mapped(|&n| n % 2 == 0, |n| n, |&n| (n, (n * 10) as f32));
I don't know if this is within the purview of rust-analyzer or not, but I thought I'd bring it up, since it's a very frustrating behavior.
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Research direction
Reproduce the multiline paste behavior in a Rust doc comment using the example from the issue. First determine whether rust-analyzer owns this editor behavior or whether it belongs to the editor, then identify the relevant paste-handling entry point and add coverage for prefixing each pasted line with /// when done.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- developer-experience
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100