Hover: definitions, types, timing contracts and lifetimes, with explanations of Anvil syntax.
Navigation: go to definition, go to type definition and find references.
Completion: keywords, symbols and context-aware suggestions, with snippets.
Signature help: function calls, message sends, record initialisers and spawns.
Inlay hints: clock cycles and lifetimes.
Syntax highlighting and file icons for .anvil files.
The extension and the compiler's AST output are experimental, and some timing features depend on compiler support that is still incomplete.
Requirements
The extension runs the Anvil compiler to analyse your code. It needs a compiler with AST output (-ast), at commit f1fd09b or later. See the installation instructions.
The compiler is found as anvil on your PATH, or at the path set in anvil.executablePath.
Settings
Setting
Default
Description
anvil.executablePath
anvil on PATH
Path to the compiler.
anvil.projectRoot
Workspace root
Directory in which the compiler runs.
anvil.maxNumberOfProblems
100
Maximum number of diagnostics per file.
anvil.showTimingInfo
Condensed inlay hints and hover
Where clock-cycle and lifetime information is shown.
