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gopls adds interactive, multi-step refactoring through a proposed LSP capability

go.dev 6 min read Editor score 7/10

Interactive refactoring in gopls uses a proposed LSP capability for dynamic, multi-step dialogs, with support in gopls v0.24.0 and the Go VS Code extension v0.56.0. The effort could make richer refactoring workflows portable across language servers and editors.

What: - gopls is adding interactive, multi-step refactoring through a proposed Language Server Protocol capability.
How: - The language server can collect user input before computing text edits, rather than guessing parameters or skipping a transformation.
Why it matters: - A standard mechanism lets refactoring improvements work across editors without each editor needing custom, language-specific dialog code.

The editor and gopls exchange prompts, user input, and edits for an interactive refactoring. Sketched from the article's own text.

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