Problem:
`clint.py` is the last python in our codebase, and beyond that it needs
some cleanup. And it lacks tests, so modifying it can be painful.
Also, we need a way to add ad-hoc lint rules for *Lua*, so it will help
to have our ad-hoc rules for C in the same language (the scripts may
share functions/techniques): https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/28372
Solution:
- convert to `clint.lua` (mostly AI-generated, but it now has test
coverage, unlike `clint.py`)
- drop rules that are no longer needed:
- "readability/multiline_string"
- technially still relevant, but very uncommon so doesn't really matter.
- "--line-length"
- Not used in the old clint.py, nor the new clint.lua.
- "comment whitespace" check
- It is enforced by uncrustify.
- "TODO" check
- The `-google-readability-function-size` clang-tidy rule enforces
"TODO(user)" format. (It was already enabled long ago.)
- Move all generator Lua scripts to the `src/gen/`
- Add a `.luarc.json` to `src/gen/`
- Add a `preload.lua` to `src/gen/`
- Add `src` to `package.path` so it aligns with `.luarc.json'
- Fix all `require` statements in `src/gen/` so they are consistent:
- `require('scripts.foo')` -> `require('gen.foo')`
- `require('src.nvim.options')` -> `require('nvim.options')`
- `require('api.dispatch_deprecated')` -> `require('nvim.api.dispatch_deprecated')`
Problem:
LSP spec uses the term "position encoding" where we say "offset encoding".
Solution:
- Rename it everywhere except `vim.lsp.Client.offset_encoding` (which would be breaking).
- Mention "position encoding" in the documentation for `vim.lsp.Client.offset_encoding`.
An implication of this current approach is that `NVIM_API_LEVEL` should be
bumped when a new Lua function is added.
TODO(future): add a lint check which requires `@since` on all new functions.
ref #25416
Some composite/compound types even as basic as `(string|number)[]` are
not currently supported by the luacats LPEG grammar used by gen_vimdoc.
It would be parsed & rendered as just `string|number`.
Changeset adds better support for these types.
Problem:
While LuaCATS's generics system are still considered WIP by luals, they
currently support type captured generics.
See "Capture with Backtick" example:
https://luals.github.io/wiki/annotations/#generic
Solution:
Add support for it in the LuaCATS grammar
Specifically, functions that are run in the context of the test runner
are put in module `test/testutil.lua` while the functions that are run
in the context of the test session are put in
`test/functional/testnvim.lua`.
Closes https://github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/27004.
- Added `@inlinedoc` so single use Lua types can be inlined into the
functions docs. E.g.
```lua
--- @class myopts
--- @inlinedoc
---
--- Documentation for some field
--- @field somefield integer
--- @param opts myOpts
function foo(opts)
end
```
Will be rendered as
```
foo(opts)
Parameters:
- {opts} (table) Object with the fields:
- somefield (integer) Documentation
for some field
```
- Marked many classes with with `@nodoc` or `(private)`.
We can eventually introduce these when we want to.
Problem:
The documentation flow (`gen_vimdoc.py`) has several issues:
- it's not very versatile
- depends on doxygen
- doesn't work well with Lua code as it requires an awkward filter script to convert it into pseudo-C.
- The intermediate XML files and filters makes it too much like a rube goldberg machine.
Solution:
Re-implement the flow using Lua, LPEG and treesitter.
- `gen_vimdoc.py` is now replaced with `gen_vimdoc.lua` and replicates a portion of the logic.
- `lua2dox.lua` is gone!
- No more XML files.
- Doxygen is now longer used and instead we now use:
- LPEG for comment parsing (see `scripts/luacats_grammar.lua` and `scripts/cdoc_grammar.lua`).
- LPEG for C parsing (see `scripts/cdoc_parser.lua`)
- Lua patterns for Lua parsing (see `scripts/luacats_parser.lua`).
- Treesitter for Markdown parsing (see `scripts/text_utils.lua`).
- The generated `runtime/doc/*.mpack` files have been removed.
- `scripts/gen_eval_files.lua` now instead uses `scripts/cdoc_parser.lua` directly.
- Text wrapping is implemented in `scripts/text_utils.lua` and appears to produce more consistent results (the main contributer to the diff of this change).
