gopls version

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Build info
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golang.org/x/tools/gopls (devel)
    golang.org/x/tools/gopls@(devel)
    github.com/BurntSushi/toml@v1.5.0 h1:W5quZX/G/csjUnuI8SUYlsHs9M38FC7znL0lIO+DvMg=
    github.com/fatih/camelcase@v1.0.0 h1:hxNvNX/xYBp0ovncs8WyWZrOrpBNub/JfaMvbURyft8=
    github.com/fatih/gomodifytags@v1.17.1-0.20250423142747-f3939df9aa3c h1:dDSgAjoOMp8da3egfz0t2S+t8RGOpEmEXZubcGuc0Bg=
    github.com/fatih/structtag@v1.2.0 h1:/OdNE99OxoI/PqaW/SuSK9uxxT3f/tcSZgon/ssNSx4=
    github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify@v1.9.0 h1:2Ml+OJNzbYCTzsxtv8vKSFD9PbJjmhYF14k/jKC7S9k=
    github.com/google/go-cmp@v0.7.0 h1:wk8382ETsv4JYUZwIsn6YpYiWiBsYLSJiTsyBybVuN8=
    golang.org/x/exp/typeparams@v0.0.0-20250620022241-b7579e27df2b h1:KdrhdYPDUvJTvrDK9gdjfFd6JTk8vA1WJoldYSi0kHo=
    golang.org/x/mod@v0.26.0 h1:EGMPT//Ezu+ylkCijjPc+f4Aih7sZvaAr+O3EHBxvZg=
    golang.org/x/sync@v0.16.0 h1:ycBJEhp9p4vXvUZNszeOq0kGTPghopOL8q0fq3vstxw=
    golang.org/x/sys@v0.34.0 h1:H5Y5sJ2L2JRdyv7ROF1he/lPdvFsd0mJHFw2ThKHxLA=
    golang.org/x/telemetry@v0.0.0-20250710130107-8d8967aff50b h1:DU+gwOBXU+6bO0sEyO7o/NeMlxZxCZEvI7v+J4a1zRQ=
    golang.org/x/text@v0.27.0 h1:4fGWRpyh641NLlecmyl4LOe6yDdfaYNrGb2zdfo4JV4=
    golang.org/x/tools@v0.34.1-0.20250613162507-3f93fece84c7 => ../
    golang.org/x/vuln@v1.1.4 h1:Ju8QsuyhX3Hk8ma3CesTbO8vfJD9EvUBgHvkxHBzj0I=
    honnef.co/go/tools@v0.7.0-0.dev.0.20250523013057-bbc2f4dd71ea h1:fj8r9irJSpolAGUdZBxJIRY3lLc4jH2Dt4lwnWyWwpw=
    mvdan.cc/gofumpt@v0.8.0 h1:nZUCeC2ViFaerTcYKstMmfysj6uhQrA2vJe+2vwGU6k=
    mvdan.cc/xurls/v2@v2.6.0 h1:3NTZpeTxYVWNSokW3MKeyVkz/j7uYXYiMtXRUfmjbgI=
go: go1.24.5

go env

AR='ar'
CC='gcc'
CGO_CFLAGS='-O2 -g'
CGO_CPPFLAGS=''
CGO_CXXFLAGS='-O2 -g'
CGO_ENABLED='1'
CGO_FFLAGS='-O2 -g'
CGO_LDFLAGS='-O2 -g'
CXX='g++'
GCCGO='gccgo'
GO111MODULE=''
GOAMD64='v1'
GOARCH='amd64'
GOAUTH='netrc'
GOBIN=''
GOCACHE='/home/jon/.cache/go-build'
GOCACHEPROG=''
GODEBUG=''
GOENV='/home/jon/.config/go/env'
GOEXE=''
GOEXPERIMENT=''
GOFIPS140='off'
GOFLAGS=''
GOGCCFLAGS='-fPIC -m64 -pthread -Wl,--no-gc-sections -fmessage-length=0 -ffile-prefix-map=/tmp/go-build3007033306=/tmp/go-build -gno-record-gcc-switches'
GOHOSTARCH='amd64'
GOHOSTOS='linux'
GOINSECURE=''
GOMOD='/dev/null'
GOMODCACHE='/home/jon/go/pkg/mod'
GONOPROXY=''
GONOSUMDB=''
GOOS='linux'
GOPATH='/home/jon/go'
GOPRIVATE=''
GOPROXY='https://proxy.golang.org,direct'
GOROOT='/usr/lib/go'
GOSUMDB='sum.golang.org'
GOTELEMETRY='off'
GOTELEMETRYDIR='/home/jon/.config/go/telemetry'
GOTMPDIR=''
GOTOOLCHAIN='auto'
GOTOOLDIR='/usr/lib/go/pkg/tool/linux_amd64'
GOVCS=''
GOVERSION='go1.24.5'
GOWORK=''
PKG_CONFIG='pkg-config'

What did you do?

Query for semantic tokens in a file referencing both exported variable V and unexported variable v in comment links:

gopls semtok <(cat <<EOF
package main

var v any
var V any

// [v]
// [V]
EOF
)

What did you see happen?

A semantic token is generated for V, but not for v:

/*⇒7,keyword,[]*/package /*⇒4,namespace,[]*/main

/*⇒3,keyword,[]*/var /*⇒1,variable,[definition interface]*/v /*⇒3,type,[defaultLibrary interface]*/any
/*⇒3,keyword,[]*/var /*⇒1,variable,[definition interface]*/V /*⇒3,type,[defaultLibrary interface]*/any

/*⇒6,comment,[]*/// [v]
/*⇒4,comment,[]*/// [/*⇒1,variable,[interface]*/V/*⇒1,comment,[]*/]

What did you expect to see?

Semantic tokens should also have been generated for v.

I also observe that invoking "go to definition" on the v in the [v] comment navigates to its definition, so it's being interpreted correctly for that flow.

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Comment From: gabyhelp

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