Goto definition not working for dot imports

[ramya-rao-a]

In the below case, the definition provider fails for Println

package main

import . "fmt"

func main() {
   Println("hello")
}

[keegancsmith]

We also use godef as well. The use of . imports is discouraged and linting tools actually complain if you use them outside of a package test https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/CodeReviewComments#import-dot

As such this is a very very rarely used go feature. So will be pretty low priority for us to fix, so I don't think we will fix it anytime soon.

[lloiser]

There is a pull request at godef: rogpeppe/godef#68

[RahmanQureshi]

Any update on this? I'm using the language server.

[keegancsmith]

@RahmanQureshi I would suggest migrating to gopls

[RahmanQureshi]

@keegancsmith yes I am using the gopls language server.

[keegancsmith]

This issue is for another language server. You likely need to file an issue against gopls. https://github.com/golang/tools/blob/master/gopls/doc/troubleshooting.md#file-an-issue