Create new symbol action should allow you to create a method

[ckipp01]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Sometimes when I'm writing code I'm in this situation:

def doThing(a: Int, b: Int) = {
  doOtherStuff(a) // this will error because `doOtherStuff` doesn't exist
}

In this situations you can trigger a code action for doOtherStuff and it will show you the "Create new symbol 'doOtherStuff'" action. However, if you select that all the options are creating another file or a companion object, whereas I want doOtherStuff to be a method.

Describe the solution you'd like

I'd like another option to be offered, maybe just "method". And if I select it, the code I'd end up with is:

def doOtherStuff(a: Int) = ???

def doThing(a: Int, b: Int) = {
  doOtherStuff(a)
}

Describe alternatives you've considered

Doing this by hand

Additional context

No response

Search terms

create method

[tgodzik]

Thanks for reporting! I've actually been working on it in https://github.com/tgodzik/metals/tree/infer-method 😅