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29.0.60; csharp-ts-mode: variable-name fontified as method when invoking method with generic type-argument.

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From: Jostein Kjønigsen <jostein <at> secure.kjonigsen.net>
To: Yuan Fu <casouri <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Theodor Thornhill <theo <at> thornhill.no>, 59897 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#59897: 29.0.60; csharp-ts-mode: variable-name fontified as
 method when invoking method with generic type-argument.
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2022 21:57:28 +0100

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On 08.12.2022 12:31, Jostein Kjønigsen wrote:
> On 08.12.2022 12:12, Theodor Thornhill wrote:
>> Jostein Kjønigsen<jostein <at> secure.kjonigsen.net>  writes:
>>
>>> On 08.12.2022 11:12, Theodor Thornhill wrote:
>>>> Jostein Kjønigsen<jostein <at> secure.kjonigsen.net>  writes:
>>>>
>>>>> When I use the new csharp-ts-mode, method fontification is usually accurate with only 1 exception which I have
>>>>> encountered so far:
>>>>>
>>>>> When calling methods on objects, and that method accepts a generic type-argument. You typically see this in
>>>>> Startup.cs-like files in ASP.Net Core projects:
>>>>>
>>>>> services.AddSomeExtensionWithoutTypeArguments();
>>>>> services.AddSomeExtensionWithTypeArguments<MyType>();
>>>>>
>>>>> In the above cases we see that fontification of "services" differs.
>>>>>
>>>>> For the first line, services is fontified using font-lock-variable-name-face (correct), but in the latter case services
>>>>> is fontified using font-lock-function-name-face (incorrect).
>>>>>
>>>>> In both cases I expected services to be fontified using font-lock-variable-name-face.
>>>>>
>>>> Can you test this patch, Jostein, and if you're happy, please install,
>>>> Yuan :-)
>>> I beat you by 3 minutes, but I'll be a gentleman and test none the less :D
>>>
>>> You test mine, and we can see which one we prefer?
>> Sure!  Both seems to work from what I can tell :-)  I'll let you be the
>> judge!
>>
>> Theo
>
> Your patch solves the issue described in the bug, but does not handle 
> another fontification error I discovered while testing my patch:
>
> SimpleGenericMethod<Type>(params);
>
> In the above example SimpleGenericMethod is fontified using 
> font-lock-type-face instead of font-lock-function-name-face. My patch 
> fixes that case as well.
>
> As for which patch to choose:
>
>   * From an objective perspective, the way I understand the code, your
>     patch overrides an existing fontification to apply variable-name
>     instead.
>   * My patch however changes some selectors to be more specific
>     selectors to avoid fontifying the variable-identifier, and also
>     creates a new, highly-specific selector to fontify the
>     variable-name aspect as well.
>
> From a performance perspective, I would assume the latter approach is 
> more performant, but I don't know enough tree-sitter internals to say 
> that with 100% confidence.
>
> Does anyone else know?
>
> --
> Jostein
>
Hey guys.

This patch seems to have been left out, or slightly forgotten.

Yuan, I think in this case we are going to prefer my patch over Theo's 
since it fixes 2 issues, instead of just 1.

Could you install this? :)

--
Jostein

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