[bug]parser does not recognize :-> in function declaration as error

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function _getUUID():->uuid:string should throw an error. (notice the colon before the return parameter)
instead, it does not recognize uuid when it is assigned, later in the function (value remains undefined)

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Hey Mikey,

you shouldn’t use :-> in function declaration
you have two options :

  • you can use → your code will be like this:
function _getUUID()->uuid:string
  • or you can use
function _getUUID():string

and then you should use return with it.

for more details you can check this section Function

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Hello Mikey,

You should refer to the documentation in the link below:
Parameters | Qodly Developer Center (docqodly.github.io)

As you see in the return value, it doesn’t exist the colon before the arrow (->).
There are two ways of returning value in a function:

  • adding an arrow (->) and the parameter definition after the input parameter(s) list
  • or adding the colon ( : ) and then the type of the returning value.

Best regards.

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the bug is that the parser does not identify the error.
i understand what i’m supposed to do. i am not new to this syntax. that is how i recognized the error, and the fact that there is a bug in the editor/parser not identifying it.
as for how one produces this error, it’s pretty simple: i switched from an unnamed return value to a named one, and while i was doing that, failed to remove the colon.

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