rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-analyzer
Limit length for type inlays
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Description
Some embedded device crates use generated codes and the type can get very long, such as the stm32f1xx_hal::stm32::Peripherals struct.
In VSCode, the type inlay would become something like this when you type:
It would be better to add an option to limit the length of the type inlays, and display the remaining portion as ....
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Research direction
Start by locating rust-analyzer's type-inlay rendering and configuration entry points, then trace how VSCode displays the resulting inlay text. Add a configurable length limit with an ellipsis for truncated types, and verify the behavior with the existing inlay tests or in VSCode.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- developer-experience
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
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- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100