rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-analyzer

Syntax highlighting in VSCode is messed up

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Description

rust-analyzer version: 0.3.1807-standalone (9d8889cdf 2024-01-11)

rustc version: 1.75.0 (82e1608df 2023-12-21)

Syntax highlighting looks like this:
image
Unreadable and ugly. The attribute start #[ and the angle bracket < and > need to be recognised as being brackets.

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the reported highlighting in VSCode with rust-analyzer 0.3.1807-standalone and Rust 1.75.0, using the screenshot as reference. Trace how #[ and angle brackets are classified; done means both render as brackets without making the surrounding syntax unreadable.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust, vscode
Domain
developer-experience, tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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