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ZLS currently does not run any comptime code as far as i know It would be cool to have an official Zig language server that can do it
by xmorse 4y ago
ZLS currently does not run any comptime code as far as i know
It would be cool to have an official Zig language server that can do it
- Tiberium 4y agoI think the only real way you can run make a language server understand comptime code is using the compiler as a library, similar to how Nim does it - nimsuggest (the tool for autocompletion, definitions, etc) is basically the compiler itself with some nimsuggest-specific stuff, so it understand macros, templates, compile time code evaluation, etc.
- gpderetta 4y agoIsn't that's how most LSP servers are implemented? I'm only vaguely familiar with clangd.
- lillecarl 4y agoIt's moving in that direction, but far from all are based on their compiler still.
- ranfdev 4y agoYes. An LSP has to work along with the compiler, or it has to become an alternative compiler. For example, from the article "Why LSP?" [1] "It is known that compilers are complicated, and a language server is a compiler and then some." [1]: https://matklad.github.io//2022/04/25/why-lsp.html https://matklad.github.io//2022/04/25/why-lsp.html
- Shadonototra 4y agofrom what i understood, that is what they are planning to do, have an official built in language server