Ionide-vscode-fsharp: Referencing a .fs file in a different folder kills all hints & intellisense

[isaacabraham]

The following script, test.fsx does not show any intellisense, tooltips or code lenses:

#load "../foo.fs"

let x = 5

Assume that foo.fs is a file living in the folder directly above the script. It doesn't matter if the code in foo.fs is valid or not.

There are two "workarounds" I have found that fixes the issue:

1. Move foo.fs to the same folder level as test.fsx.
2. Renaming foo.fs to foo.fsx.

However, neither are viable solutions when e.g. working with file dependencies sourced from paket.

[larjo]

I have been having the same issue for the last few versions.

My workaround is to include the project's root folder with an absolute path:
#I "C:/Source/ProjectA"

Then I can reference packages and load .fs-files with intellisense still working:

#r @"packages\FSharp.Data\lib\net45\FSharp.Data.dll"
...

#load @"Reporting\src\MetaData.fs"
...

[turbohz]

Maybe something has changed since this was reported, but I'm experiencing this issue with a .fsx loading a .fs in the very same directory, either by using just the filename or a relative path.

Using an absolute path fixes the issue.

[isaacabraham]

@turbohz I'm noticing it now for .fsx files even with absolute paths :-(

[isaacabraham]

Ignore that last message - that was because the referenced .fsx file had a relative #load in it.

[isaacabraham]

Pinging this as it's quite old - just wondering if anything has changed in the ecosystem in this time to fix it - or if not, what steps are required to solve it?

[isaacabraham]

@Krzysztof-Cieslak in new Ionide 4 world, is there any chance that this is "fixable"? :-)

[Krzysztof-Cieslak]

This seems to be working for me

[Krzysztof-Cieslak]

Or not

[Krzysztof-Cieslak]

Fixed in FSAC, will be in next Ionide release.