rust-lang / rust-lang/rust-playground

Built-in types should be keywords

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Description

Please consider marking the built-in types (i32 and friends) as keywords. IIRC they were keywords in the old playground, and they are keywords in most (all?) editors with Rust syntax highlighting.

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No file or test is named. Locate the playground's Rust syntax-highlighting configuration and existing keyword definitions, then verify that built-in types such as i32 are classified as keywords and display accordingly.

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Tech stack
rust
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
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Newbie friendliness
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