fix(ego-lint): tighten R-SLOP-38 to reduce over-long identifier false positives (#82)

## Summary

- Tightened R-SLOP-38 main pattern to exclude underscore-containing
identifiers (`[a-zA-Z0-9]` instead of `\w`), since snake_case names
follow GLib/C convention and are never AI-generated in JavaScript
- Expanded guard-pattern to suppress domain-specific suffixes:
`Function`, `Callback`, `Handler`, `Listener` (15+ chars), and `Id` (20+
chars) — common in GNOME/GLib naming conventions
- Eliminates FPs on: blur-my-shell (`dash_not_already_destroyed`),
dash-to-panel (`sortWindowsCompareFunction`,
`taskbarBoxAllocationChangedId`), and similar descriptive identifiers in
v-shell (8 hits)

## Test plan

- [x] New fixture `slop-long-id-guard@test` verifies guarded cases
(Function suffix, Id suffix, Handler suffix) are suppressed while
AI-style verbose names still fire
- [x] Existing `slop-long-params@test` still fires (camelCase TP
preserved)
- [x] Existing `long-param-default@test` still suppressed (default param
guard still works)
- [x] Existing `compiled-ts-extension@test` still SKIPped
- [x] Full test suite: 538 passed, 0 failed

Closes #71

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: ZviBaratz

rules/patterns.yaml

@@ -601,13 +601,13 @@
   guard-pattern: "\\b(const|export\\s+const)\\s+\\w+\\s*=\\s*Object\\.freeze"
 
 - id: R-SLOP-38
-  pattern: "\\(\\s*[a-z]\\w{25,}\\s*[,)]"
+  pattern: "\\(\\s*[a-z][a-zA-Z0-9]{25,}\\s*[,)]"
   scope: ["*.js"]
   severity: advisory
   message: "Over-long identifier (>25 chars) is an AI verbosity indicator"
   category: ai-slop
   fix: "Shorten parameter names to be concise but clear (e.g., currentBatteryThresholdValue → threshold)"
-  guard-pattern: "\\w{25,}\\s*="
+  guard-pattern: "[a-zA-Z0-9]{26,}\\s*=|\\w{15,}(?:Function|Callback|Handler|Listener)\\b|\\w{20,}Id\\b"
   skip-if-compiled: true
 
 - id: R-SLOP-40

skills/ego-lint/references/rules-reference.md

@@ -2470,11 +2470,11 @@ Rules for APIs removed or changed in specific GNOME Shell versions. These rules
 ### R-SLOP-38: Over-long identifier in function call
 - **Severity**: advisory
 - **Checked by**: apply-patterns.py
-- **Rule**: Identifiers 26+ characters (starting with lowercase) inside function call parentheses.
-- **Rationale**: AI-generated code tends to use excessively descriptive camelCase names like `currentBatteryThresholdValue` or `updatedNotificationMessage`. Human-written GNOME code favors concise names (`threshold`, `message`). The lowercase-start filter avoids false positives on PascalCase class names and UPPER_SNAKE constants. Threshold raised from 20 to 25 to avoid FPs on standard Clutter API names (e.g., `brightnessContrastEffect` at 24 chars).
+- **Rule**: Alphanumeric identifiers 26+ characters (starting with lowercase, no underscores) inside function call parentheses.
+- **Rationale**: AI-generated code tends to use excessively descriptive camelCase names like `currentBatteryThresholdValue` or `updatedNotificationMessage`. Human-written GNOME code favors concise names (`threshold`, `message`). The lowercase-start filter avoids false positives on PascalCase class names and UPPER_SNAKE constants. Threshold raised from 20 to 25 to avoid FPs on standard Clutter API names (e.g., `brightnessContrastEffect` at 24 chars). Snake_case identifiers (GLib/C naming convention) are excluded from the pattern since AI never generates underscore-separated names in JavaScript.
 - **Fix**: Shorten parameter/argument names to be concise but clear.
-- **Tested by**: `tests/fixtures/slop-long-params@test/`
-- **Note**: Suppressed (`skip-if-compiled`) for extensions compiled from TypeScript via esbuild, where verbose parameter names from TypeScript signatures survive compilation.
+- **Tested by**: `tests/fixtures/slop-long-params@test/`, `tests/fixtures/slop-long-id-guard@test/`
+- **Note**: Suppressed (`skip-if-compiled`) for extensions compiled from TypeScript via esbuild, where verbose parameter names from TypeScript signatures survive compilation. Also suppressed for identifiers ending in domain-specific suffixes (`Function`, `Callback`, `Handler`, `Listener`, long `Id`) which are common in GNOME/GLib naming conventions.
 
 ### R-SLOP-40: Manual Promise wrapper
 - **Severity**: advisory

tests/assertions/slop-long-id-guard.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# R-SLOP-38 guard for domain-specific identifier suffixes
+# Sourced by run-tests.sh — uses run_lint, assert_output_contains, assert_exit_code, etc.
+
+# --- slop-long-id-guard (R-SLOP-38 suffix guards) ---
+echo "=== slop-long-id-guard ==="
+run_lint "slop-long-id-guard@test"
+assert_exit_code "exits with 0 (advisory only)" 0
+assert_output_contains "warns on AI-style verbose name" "\[WARN\].*R-SLOP-38"
+assert_output_count "only 1 R-SLOP-38 warning (guarded cases suppressed)" "\[WARN\].*R-SLOP-38" 1
+echo ""

tests/fixtures/slop-long-id-guard@test/LICENSE

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later

tests/fixtures/slop-long-id-guard@test/extension.js

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import {Extension} from 'resource:///org/gnome/shell/extensions/extension.js';
+
+// Guarded: callback/function-ref suffix — should NOT trigger R-SLOP-38
+function sortWindowsCompareFunction(a, b) {
+    return a.x - b.x;
+}
+
+export default class TestExtension extends Extension {
+    enable() {
+        // Guarded: long identifier ending in Id — should NOT trigger
+        const taskbarBoxAllocationChangedId = this._box.connect('allocation-changed', () => {});
+        this._box.disconnect(taskbarBoxAllocationChangedId);
+
+        // Guarded: callback suffix — should NOT trigger
+        this._windows.sort(sortWindowsCompareFunction);
+
+        // Guarded: handler suffix — should NOT trigger
+        this._runPanelAnimationHandler(data);
+
+        // NOT guarded: AI-style verbose name — SHOULD trigger R-SLOP-38
+        this._process(currentBatteryThresholdValue);
+    }
+
+    _runPanelAnimationHandler(data) {
+        return data;
+    }
+
+    disable() {
+        this._box = null;
+    }
+}

tests/fixtures/slop-long-id-guard@test/metadata.json

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "uuid": "slop-long-id-guard@test",
+  "name": "Slop Long ID Guard Test",
+  "description": "Test R-SLOP-38 guard for domain-specific identifier suffixes",
+  "shell-version": ["45", "46"],
+  "url": ""
+}