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Intellisense / suggestion of arguments not depending on input
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Description
In RStudio, depending on the supplied argument, if you hit tab, the IDE will provide the accurate argument list, if there are different methods:
I could not get this working for VS Code - is there a setting I have missed, or is this just not implemented?

Else, this would be a nice feature. Thanks for your great works so far!
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the supplied argument-completion example in VS Code and compare it with the RStudio behavior shown in the video. Determine whether the extension already supports argument suggestions that depend on the supplied input; done means documenting the setting if one exists or implementing and validating the requested behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- r, typescript, vscode
- Domain
- developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 30/100