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95 changes: 0 additions & 95 deletions .vscode/fa-plugin.lua
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17 changes: 7 additions & 10 deletions .vscode/settings.json
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"Lua.telemetry.enable": false,
"Lua.workspace.checkThirdParty": false,
"Lua.runtime.path": ["/?"],
"Lua.runtime.plugin": ".vscode/fa-plugin.lua",
"Lua.runtime.plugin": "./lua-ls-addon/plugin.lua",
"Lua.workspace.ignoreDir": [
".vscode/",
"lua-ls-addon/",
"loc/",
"*.bp",
"lua/ui/lobby/changelog/generated/",
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"Lua.completion.autoRequire": false,
"Lua.diagnostics.globals": [
"ScenarioInfo",
"Scenario",
"__moduleinfo",
"sortedpairs",
"sort_by",
"sort_down_by",
"safecall",
"printField",
"__diskwatch",
"repr",
"repru",
"reprs",
"reprsl",
"__language",
"__installedlanguages",
"__blueprints"
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"ZockyZock",
"zthuee",
"Zulip"
],
"Lua.diagnostics.disable": [
"inject-field",
"unsupport-symbol"
]
}
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function table.empty2(table)
end

---@generic T
---@param list any
---@param callback fun(key: integer, value: any):T|nil
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

🌐 Web query:

According to the official LuaLS annotation documentation, verify that ---@Generic V, R, ---@PARAM list V[], and ---@PARAM callback fun(key: integer, value: V):R|nil preserve callback element types.

💡 Result:

According to the official LuaLS documentation and community discussions, the behavior regarding the use of ---@generic, ---@param list V[], and ---@param callback fun(key: integer, value: V):R|nil for preserving callback element types is limited and known to have inconsistencies [1][2]. While LuaLS supports generic type parameters for classes and functions [3][4], the implementation of generic type propagation through nested callback parameters (such as fun(key: integer, value: V):R|nil) is not explicitly documented as a supported feature for preserving the generic type V in the way standard static type systems (like TypeScript) would [5][1]. Key findings from official documentation and developer discussions include: 1. Generic Capture Limitations: The ---@generic annotation primarily uses backticks (e.g., ---@param arg T``) to capture literal string values from arguments to infer class/type names [3][1][4]. This system is focused on return type inference rather than propagating generic constraints through function parameters in complex callback signatures [1][2]. 2. Callback Inference: LuaLS has ongoing work regarding function parameter inference. While recent updates (e.g., Lua.type.inferParamType) improve how local functions used as call arguments are inferred, there is no official guarantee or established mechanism in the annotation syntax that ensures a generic `V` defined in one parameter will correctly bind to the `value: V` parameter within a `callback` function parameter [6]. 3. Community/Maintenance Status: Developers have noted that using generics in anything other than `@return` tags often results in incomplete type narrowing [2]. The documentation explicitly states that generics are still a "work in progress" [3][4]. If you are attempting to use this pattern, you may encounter scenarios where the type `V` is not correctly narrowed or identified within the callback signature, as the language server's current generic engine does not consistently support deep propagation through function types [1][2].

Citations:

  • 1: GitHub issue 1861 in LuaLS/lua-language-server (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
  • 2: GitHub issue 2355 in LuaLS/lua-language-server (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
  • 3: https://luals.github.io/wiki/annotations
  • 4: https://luals.github.io/wiki/annotations/
  • 5: GitHub discussion 3282 in LuaLS/lua-language-server (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)
  • 6: GitHub pull request 2946 in LuaLS/lua-language-server (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)

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🌐 Web query:

site:luals.github.io/wiki/annotations LuaLS generic function parameter callback V[]

💡 Result:

In LuaLS, you can define a generic function parameter that utilizes a callback with an array of a generic type by using the @generic annotation combined with a function type definition. To define a generic type T and an array of that type (T[]), you use the @generic annotation to declare the type placeholder and then reference it in your parameters or return types [1][2]. For callbacks, LuaLS supports inline generic function type definitions using the fun syntax [2]. Here is an example of how to combine these concepts: ---@Generic T ---@PARAM callback fun(items: T[]) ---@PARAM data T[] local function process(callback, data) callback(data) end -- Usage process(function(items) -- items is inferred as string[] print(items[1]) end, {"a", "b", "c"}) In this example: 1. The @generic T annotation creates a placeholder for a type [1][2]. 2. The callback parameter is defined using the fun(items: T[]) syntax, where T[] specifies an array containing elements of the generic type T [1][2]. 3. When the function is called, LuaLS infers the specific type (e.g., string) based on the provided arguments, allowing it to correctly type-check the callback and the data array [1][2].

Citations:

Preserve the list element type in table.foreachi.

list: any erases the element type before callback receives it, so LuaLS cannot provide type diagnostics or completion for value. Use separate generics for the list element and callback result:

---@generic V, R
---@param list V[]
---@param callback fun(key: integer, value: V):R|nil
---@return R|nil
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In `@engine/Library.lua` around lines 134 - 135, Update the type annotations for
table.foreachi to preserve the list element type: declare separate generics for
the element and callback result, type list as an array of the element generic,
and use that generic for the callback value while returning the result generic.
Keep the existing function behavior unchanged.

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---@return T|nil
function table.foreachi(list, callback) end

---@generic T
---@param list T[]
---@return integer
---@nodiscard
function table.getn(list)
end

--- Returns the size of a list
---@param list table
---@return integer
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# fa-lua-addon

A [lua-language-server](https://github.com/LuaLS/lua-language-server) workspace plugin that
teaches LuaLS to read Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance's Lua dialect. SupCom actually runs a
GPG-modified **Lua 5.0** - confirmed by [FAForever/lua-lang](https://github.com/FAForever/lua-lang),
a buildable reference implementation of it - and that modified dialect bends the language in
several ways: a preprocessor comment marker, table-size hints, an OOP call convention, an
implicit module system - none of it valid standard Lua. This addon rewrites each quirk into
something LuaLS already understands, in the source text, before the real parser ever sees it.
It's a from-scratch replacement for the outdated
[FAForever/fa-lua-language-server](https://github.com/FAForever/fa-lua-language-server) fork,
built as a plugin against mainline LuaLS instead of a fork of it.

The addon still configures `Lua.runtime.version = 'Lua 5.1'`, not 5.0: LuaLS doesn't support a
5.0 runtime at all, and 5.1 is both the earliest version it does support and the closest one to
SupCom's actual dialect.

## Setup

Point a workspace's `.vscode/settings.json` at `plugin.lua`:

```json
"Lua.runtime.plugin": "../fa-lua-addon/plugin.lua"
```

`config.lua` is picked up automatically by LuaLS's third-party config system for any matching
workspace - no separate wiring needed.

## How it works

`plugin.lua` runs a chain of scanners over every file's text and merges their results into one
diff list for LuaLS to parse instead of the raw source. Each scanner is a single-purpose module;
its own file header explains the specific problem it solves and why, in more depth than fits
here.

| File | Solves |
|---|---|
| `hash-comments.lua` | `#` as a comment marker |
| `table-hints.lua` | `{&N &N}` table-preallocation hints |
| `class-support.lua` | `Class()`-family OOP sugar |
| `for-in-pairs.lua` | untyped bare-table `for` loops |
| `export-env.lua` | FA's implicit module system (bare top-level exports, forward references) |
| `hook-files.lua` | SupCom mod "hook" file target detection |
| `config.lua` | workspace settings: non-standard tokens, engine globals, require/path conventions |
| `plugin.lua` | orchestrates the above, and safely merges their diffs |

## Design constraints

This is a set of heuristic text scanners, not a real parser - each one documents its own known
false-positive/false-negative edge cases and the reasoning behind them. Where a rewrite carries
real risk (e.g. `export-env.lua`'s reference rewriting under name shadowing), the trade-off is
verified against the full FA source tree and documented in that file, not just asserted.
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