Infer correct types from custom include functions #3919
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Work done
Configure lua language server to treat
VFS.Include
,include
andshard_include
as aliases ofrequire
, meaning that the correct types are applied to the return value.Note that this only affects type inference in IDE and does not have any impact on execution.
Suggested by @saurtron here: #3905 (comment)
Approach advised by lua language server contributor here: LuaLS/lua-language-server#2947
Test steps
VFS.Include
and see that it is correctly typed.Screenshots:
BEFORE:
AFTER: