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@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ You can run `cargo xtask install-pre-commit-hook` to install git-hook to run rus
All Rust code lives in the `crates` top-level directory, and is organized as a
single Cargo workspace. The `editors` top-level directory contains code for
integrating with editors. Currently, it contains the plugin for VS Code (in
typescript). The `docs` top-level directory contains both developer and user
TypeScript). The `docs` top-level directory contains both developer and user
documentation.
We have some automation infra in Rust in the `xtask` package. It contains
@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ possible. There's **"Run Extension (Debug Build)"** launch configuration for thi
In general, I use one of the following workflows for fixing bugs and
implementing features.
If the problem concerns only internal parts of rust-analyzer (ie, I don't need
to touch `rust-analyzer` crate or typescript code), there is a unit-test for it.
If the problem concerns only internal parts of rust-analyzer (i.e. I don't need
to touch `rust-analyzer` crate or TypeScript code), there is a unit-test for it.
So, I use **Rust Analyzer: Run** action in VS Code to run this single test, and
then just do printf-driven development/debugging. As a sanity check after I'm
done, I use `cargo xtask install --server` and **Reload Window** action in VS
@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ always obvious from the low-level code.
Syntax trees are by design incomplete and do not enforce well-formedness.
If ast method returns an `Option`, it *can* be `None` at runtime, even if this is forbidden by the grammar.
## LSP indenpendence
## LSP independence
rust-analyzer is independent from LSP.
It provides features for a hypothetical perfect Rust-specific IDE client.
@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ Internal representations are lowered to LSP in the `rust-analyzer` crate (the on
There's a semi-hard split between "compiler" and "IDE", at the `ra_hir` crate.
Compiler derives new facts about source code.
It explicitly acknowledges that not all info is available (ie, you can't look at types during name resolution).
It explicitly acknowledges that not all info is available (i.e. you can't look at types during name resolution).
IDE assumes that all information is available at all times.
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rust code that it refers to and the rust editor will also highlight the proper
text range.
If you press <kbd>Ctrl</kbd> (i.e. trigger goto definition) in the inspected
Rust source file the syntax tree read-only editor should scroll to and select the
If you trigger Go to Definition in the inspected Rust source file,
the syntax tree read-only editor should scroll to and select the
appropriate syntax node token.
![demo](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/36276403/78225773-6636a480-74d3-11ea-9d9f-1c9d42da03b0.png)