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Define a protocol for syntax tokens

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#1,063 opened on Aug 7, 2020

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Description

Is my reading correct, that semantic tokens only add additional information to tokens? Can we trust that the clients will render keywords correctly, if they already have a syntax highlighter (frequently regexp based).

If that's the case, should there be an option to "unset" a type. Just as an example, if you have #ifdefs you could think of giving the LSP server the option of removing syntax coloring from inactive code segments by giving it the token-type None.

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Research direction
Investigate whether semantic tokens can unset types and propose protocol changes to support removing syntax coloring from inactive code segments.
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LSP protocol knowledge
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40