Provide feedback if item in variable tree has no children to expand

lua/dap/entity.lua

@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ function variable.has_children(var)
  return (var.variables and #var.variables > 0) or var.variablesReference ~= 0
 end
 
+---@param var dap.Variable
+---@result dap.Variable[]
 function variable.get_children(var)
  if islist(var.variables) then
  return var.variables
@@ -78,11 +80,12 @@ local function cmp_vars(a, b)
 end
 
 
+---@param var dap.Variable
 function variable.fetch_children(var, cb)
  local session = require('dap').session()
  if var.variables then
  cb(variable.get_children(var))
- elseif session and var.variablesReference then
+ elseif session and var.variablesReference > 0 then
 
  ---@param err? dap.ErrorResponse
  ---@param resp? dap.VariableResponse
@@ -93,11 +96,11 @@ function variable.fetch_children(var, cb)
  local variables = resp.variables
  local unloaded = #variables
  local function countdown()
-  unloaded = unloaded - 1
-  if unloaded == 0 then
-  var.variables = variables
-  cb(variables)
-  end
+ unloaded = unloaded - 1
+ if unloaded == 0 then
+ var.variables = variables
+ cb(variables)
+ end
  end
 
  table.sort(variables, cmp_vars)

lua/dap/protocol.lua

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
 ---@field type? string
 ---@field presentationHint? dap.VariablePresentationHint
 ---@field evaluateName? string
----@field variablesReference number
+---@field variablesReference number if > 0 the variable is structured
 ---@field namedVariables? number
 ---@field indexedVariables? number
 ---@field memoryReference? string

lua/dap/ui.lua

@@ -257,6 +257,8 @@ function M.new_tree(opts)
  collapse(layer, value, lnum, context)
  elseif opts.has_children(value) then
  expand(layer, value, lnum, context)
+ else
+ utils.notify("No children on line " .. tostring(lnum) .. ". Can't expand", vim.log.levels.INFO)
  end
  end,