fix(scala): a symbolic name in a type is a type, never an operator (#2217)

A kind-projector placeholder (`Align[Either[A, *]]`, `Functor[Map[K, ?]]`)
reached the resolver as a type reference named `*`, and exact or fuzzy
matching bound it to the one `*` in the project - algebra's
`Signed.Sign.*` operator - 567 times in cats. A symbolic name in a Scala
type now resolves only to a type or type alias of that name (cats'
`F ~> G`), and otherwise to nothing, whatever strategy runs.

cats -567; sttp unchanged.

Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Colby Mchenry
2026-09-30 23:07:39 +00:00
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co-authored by Claude Opus 5.5
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@@ -4308,7 +4308,9 @@ export function matchByExactName(
// A Scala type position (`Arbitrary[B]`) never names a method: an
// `implicit def A: Order[A]` shares its name with half of cats' type
// parameters. Scala's value references only read a file's own vals.
!(ref.language === 'scala' && ref.referenceKind === 'references' && /^[A-Z]/.test(ref.referenceName) &&
// Nor does a kind-projector placeholder (`F[*]`, `G[?]`): cats' 567 `*`
// type arguments went to an algebra `Sign`'s `*` method.
!(ref.language === 'scala' && ref.referenceKind === 'references' && /^(?:[A-Z]|[^\w\s]+$)/.test(ref.referenceName) &&
(n.kind === 'method' || n.kind === 'function')) &&
// Type/value references retain same-family eligibility: a native namesake
// must not hide the actual web type. Calls still gate only the winner.
@@ -8278,6 +8280,14 @@ function matchReferenceInner(
return null;
}
// A symbolic name in a Scala type is a type (`F ~> G`) or a kind-projector
// placeholder (`Either[A, *]`) — never an operator method, by any strategy.
if (ref.language === 'scala' && ref.referenceKind === 'references' && /^[^\w\s]+$/.test(ref.referenceName)) {
const types = context.getNodesByName(ref.referenceName).filter((n) => n.language === 'scala' && (SCALA_TYPE_KINDS.has(n.kind) || n.kind === 'type_alias'));
const chosen = types.length > 1 ? preferCallSiteFile(types, ref.filePath) : types;
return chosen.length === 1 ? { original: ref, targetNodeId: chosen[0]!.id, confidence: 0.8, resolvedBy: 'exact-match' } : null;
}
// A bare Lua call through a `local` alias reaches what the alias names.
if ((ref.language === 'lua' || ref.language === 'luau') && ref.referenceKind === 'calls' && /^[A-Za-z_]\w*$/.test(ref.referenceName)) {
const aliased = luaAliasTarget(ref, context);