rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-analyzer

Support SnippetTextEdit of LSP 3.18

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Description

Rust-analyzer has its own snippet-textedit extension. The upcoming LSP 3.18 specification now includes snippetTextEdit as well.

I wish RA would support the official version. (And removed the non-standard extension at a later time.)

Thank you.

Cc: @DropDemBits

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Compare rust-analyzer's documented snippet-textedit extension in docs/dev/lsp-extensions.md with the official LSP 3.18 snippetTextEdit specification linked in the issue. Trace the existing extension's implementation and tests, then confirm official snippetTextEdit support and document or plan removal of the non-standard extension.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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