rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-analyzer

Support path attributes that don't end with `.rs`

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Description

For example:

// main.rs
#[path = "a.suffix"]
mod a;
fn main() {}

// a.suffix
pub const A: i32 = 1;

rustc main.rs can compile successfully, but ra will report errors:

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Research direction

Reproduce the example with rustc and rust-analyzer, comparing behavior for a #[path] module whose file does not end in .rs. Trace rust-analyzer's module-path handling, then add coverage showing that the a.suffix module is resolved without reporting errors.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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