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Show parameter quickinfo at the position of arguments

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Description

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quickinfo,parameter

Suggestion

If you call an function with many many arguments (and maybe with same type).
It's easy to lost your mind: Where I am? What i am doing? Which parameter I'm passing?
It's helpful if show the parameter info when hover into one arguments.

Examples

declare function foo(
    p1: string,
    p2: string,
    p3: string,
    p4: string,
    p5: string
): void;

declare const a: string[]

foo(
    a[0],
    a[1], // ???
    a[2],
    a[3],
    a[4]
)

Checklist

My suggestion meets these guidelines:

  • This wouldn't be a breaking change in existing TypeScript/JavaScript code
  • This wouldn't change the runtime behavior of existing JavaScript code
  • This could be implemented without emitting different JS based on the types of the expressions
  • This isn't a runtime feature (e.g. library functionality, non-ECMAScript syntax with JavaScript output, etc.)
  • This feature would agree with the rest of TypeScript's Design Goals.

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Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by tracing TypeScript language-service quickinfo and signature-help behavior at call arguments; done means hovering an argument identifies its corresponding parameter without changing runtime output.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
developer-experience, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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