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Nullness issue - show C# nullness attributes in tooltips #17402

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@T-Gro

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F# does not support flow analysis and (attributes built around it)[https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/attributes/nullable-analysis], such as:
NotNullIfNotNull
NotNullWhen

Even though F# compiler will not interpret them, they are still a relevant source of information.
Especially, they can indicate when it is safe to ignore a warning, or unsafely convert a value via Unchecked.nonNull

Choose one or more from the following categories of impact

  • Unexpected nullness warning (false positive in nullness checking, code uses --checknulls and langversion:preview).
  • Missing nullness warning in a case which can produce nulls (false negative, code uses --checknulls and langversion:preview).
  • Breaking change related to older null constructs in code not using the checknulls switch.
  • Breaking change related to generic code and explicit type constraints (null, not null).
  • Type inference issue (i.e. code worked without type annotations before, and applying the --checknulls enforces type annotations).
  • C#/F# interop issue related to nullness metadata.
  • Other (none of the categories above apply).

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What .NET runtime/SDK kind are you seeing the issue on

.NET SDK (.NET Core, .NET 5+)

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Area-NullnessIssues related to handling of Nullable Reference TypesArea-VSVS support for F# not covered elsewhereFeature Request

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