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Accept `[ScriptBlock]` for `-ScriptDefinition`

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
powershell
Domain
devtools

Research direction

Start by locating the parameter definition and handling for Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer's -ScriptDefinition option. Compare the existing string behavior with the proposed ScriptBlock example, then verify that quoted content is accepted without requiring ToString() while existing usage remains supported.

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Description

Issue - Enhancement

Summary of the new feature

[ScriptBlock]s might contain both single and double quotes therefore it would makes sense to accept a ScriptBlock for the -ScriptDefinition parameter so that it isn't necessarily to replace either the single quotes or double quotes in e.g. (Pester) test scenario's.

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -ScriptDefinition { Write-Host 'Test:' "$Test" }

(Workaround)

Invoke-ScriptAnalyzer -ScriptDefinition { Write-Host 'Test:' "$Test" }.ToString()

What is the latest version of PSScriptAnalyzer at the point of writing

1.21.0

Dominant language
C#
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Merged PRs (30d)
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