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x/tools/gopls: add a method snippet to postfix completion

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#55,154 opened on Sep 18, 2022

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. Typing out methods is tedious because one always has to fill the receiver field. The meth snippet is great but this would be even better.

Describe the solution you'd like It would be real slick to have a completion from:

type X struct {}

X.meth!

to

type X struct {}

func (x X) _() {
}

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Research direction
Study existing postfix completion snippets in gopls (e.g., the 'meth' snippet) and add a new snippet for method declarations triggered by '.meth!'. Investigate the postfix completion engine in gopls/internal/lsp/completion.
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go
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developer experience
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3
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1-3 hours
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Active
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Clear
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Go
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40