rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-analyzer

Provide a means of setting the toolchain used by rust-analyzer in VSCode

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Description

I've been reminded how with the python vscode extension you can select the interpreter used from a drop down list, it feels like we should be able to do something similar for the rust toolchain used
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Ideally this would only live in the extension, but the toolchain choice is a per workspace thing and so likely needs integration with either rust-analyzer.toml(which does not yet work that well) or interfacing directly with toolchain overrides. Though the rust-analyzer used is not a per toolchain choice, so it might suffice to set it "globally", force the server from the toolchain to be used etc.

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Research direction

Start by reviewing the VSCode extension's toolchain integration and the issue's suggested rust-analyzer.toml and toolchain override approaches. Done should mean a workspace can select the Rust toolchain used by rust-analyzer without requiring a manually maintained override.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust, vscode
Domain
developer-experience, tooling
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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