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Feature Request: Integrate Inline Completions API with Predictive Intellisense

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Area-IntelliSense Issue-Enhancement
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Description

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Summary

The inline completions API is finalized, perhaps we want to offer an option to call the psreadline completion operator for each new line? This could be difficult to performance optimize
https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_68#_inline-completions-finalization

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Research direction

The issue names no repository files, tests, or entry points. Start by reading the linked VS Code inline completions API documentation and investigating the PSReadLine completion operator; the issue needs a concrete design, an option's expected behavior, and performance criteria before implementation can be considered done.

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Assessment

Tech stack
powershell, typescript, vscode
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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