EmmyLua doesn't handle the types of variables returned by functions used in chain calls

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Lua IDE/Debugger Plugin for IntelliJ IDEA

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EmmyLua doesn't handle the types of variables returned by functions used in chain calls #359

Closed winterwolf closed 4 years ago

winterwolf commented 4 years ago

Here is 2 examples of code. They do absolutely the same but written in different styles.

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First example works better because it is optimized for EmmyLua. Method addText returns type TreeText, it's described in its class as ---@return TreeText but EmmyLua can't show any hints.

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