ndmitchell/hlint

Adding severity to restrictions

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#1,528 opened on Jun 29, 2023

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good first issue

Description

First off, thanks for the great tool! Secondly, I've been trying to add a severity to my restrictions:

I currently have

- modules:
  - {name: Unsafe.Linear, within: Ghegin.Core.*}

but this triggers a warning message, while I'd really like this to trigger an error message.

Is there a way to do that?

Thanks in advance.

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Domain
tooling
Issue type
feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-3 hours
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stale
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
clear
Prerequisites
Understanding of hlint's restriction syntaxBasic Haskell programming
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
45
Research direction
Review the hlint source code to understand how restrictions are currently parsed and applied, focusing on the configuration file handling in files like HLint/Yaml.hs. Check if there is an existing severity mechanism for other features. Then propose a way to add a severity field to restriction definitions (e.g., 'severity: error'). Look for any related comments or issues for guidance.