rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-analyzer
Emission of modifier for function token: value/item/reference
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Description
Just an aesthetic request. It would be nice to distinguish between variables and functions (when they're passed without parentheses).
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Research direction
The issue contains no file, test, or entry-point references. Start by locating the semantic highlighting or modifier-emission code for function tokens, then determine how value, item, and reference tokens are classified. Done means functions passed without parentheses are distinguishable from variables, with coverage for the affected cases.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100