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Add rules for Named/Positional Parameter use on object creation

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
32/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
csharp, powershell
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start by reviewing the linked PowerShell PR for the named-argument behavior and clarify how PSScriptAnalyzer should distinguish object creation from other calls. Define the rule scope and severities for mixed, named-only, and positional-only parameters, then add analyzer coverage showing that each case produces the intended diagnostic.

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Description

Issue - New Rule Issue-Enhancement

*Summary of the new feature
This PR in PowerShell - Add support for named argument with .NET Methods will add additional functionality which would be useful to add some rules around it's use to aid in coding styles, not only to aid in coding style but to reduce errors in use

Examples & levels that I think would be useful include

  • Avoid mixing named & positional parameters on object creation (Information)
  • Use only named parameters for object creation (Information)
  • Use only positional parameters for object creation (Warning) (for backcompat checks

What is the latest version of PSScriptAnalyzer at the point of writing
1.22.0

Dominant language
C#
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Forks
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Avg merge
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Merged PRs (30d)
2

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