management canister did file not found

[letmejustputthishere]

this canister builds, and .dfx/local/canisters/idl/aaaaa-aa.did is being generated.

import Management "ic:aaaaa-aa";

actor class Main() {
	public func greet(name : Text) : async Text {
		ignore await Management.raw_rand();
		return "Hello, " # name # "!";
	};
};

the vscode extension wants the did in a different path though
file "/Users/moritz/projects/icrc7_launchpad/.dfx/local/lsp/aaaaa-aa.did" does not existMotoko(M0009)

dfx 0.16.0
motoko extension v0.14.8

[rvanasa]

Here is a workaround which we use in the base library (source code):

actor class Main() {
    let Management = (actor "aaaaa-aa" : actor {
        raw_rand : () -> async Blob;
    });

    public func greet(name : Text) : async Text {
        ignore await Management.raw_rand();
        return "Hello, " # name # "!";
    };
};

I'll see if there's any way we can solve this within the VS Code extension; otherwise it might be necessary to fix this in dfx or the Motoko compiler.

Update: it sounds as though there are already plans to address this on the replica end. I'll keep an eye on this in case anything else is needed from the extension.

[letmejustputthishere]

thanks for the workaround. another way of solving this without having to rewrite the management canister interface is to simply copy the aaaaa-aa.did to .dfx/local/lsp

[ggreif]

Some projects just check in the IC.mo file like this: https://github.com/sonicdex/motoko-token-canister/blob/main/src/token/Cap.mo#L9

[letmejustputthishere]

yes, but then i have to generate the motoko bindings from the did file which adds friction

[rvanasa]

The extension now uses a default management canister Candid file as of v0.15.0. This should resolve the issue; otherwise, let me know and I'll take another look.

[letmejustputthishere]

hey @rvanasa, i see your hardcoding the management canister did. is there a way to include it via git submodules or smth similar? i just recently opened a PR there to make working with it a bit more convenient

[rvanasa]

Thanks for the link! I set up a script to regenerate the Candid file from this URL before packaging the extension (#265).