is class field public and private an undocumented feature?

[muppet9010]

I made the below class and was surprised to see the field names public and private seem to be special. Is this intended un-documented feature or a bug/undesired internal behaviour leaking out?

I made:

---@class test
---@field public boolean  <-- This warns as incomplete and is colored oddly. luadoc-mis-type-name

But this reports as being happy

---@class test
---@field public publicTest boolean

I also noticed that private in the field name has the same effect.

I just changed my desired fieldName from public to publiclyVisible so no real issue.

[carsakiller]

I believe that they are highlighted because EmmyLua supports them but the language server currently does not really support them. So you will get highlighting but no extra functionality from it as far as I am aware.

There was actually an issue that requested exactly what you are asking that has been marked a duplicate of #1316.

[muppet9010]

Yea I found the enhancement requests, but couldn't see any evidence of anything in this area having been implemented. Which led to my confusion and this low priority question 🙂