microsoft / microsoft/TypeScript
[Feature Request] Show resolved number literals on hover
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Description
Suggestion
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number literal hover binary hexadecimal octal exponential decimal resolve
⭐ Suggestion
Show the resolved number when hovering a number literal, e.g:
📃 Motivating Example
Number literals written in a non base 10 or exponential notation are harder to deal with, seeing them resolved on hover instead of having to run them in a console would be a nice to have. Besides, it's already the case for consts.
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- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by comparing the requested number-literal hover behavior with the existing hover behavior for consts, using the binary, hexadecimal, octal, exponential, and decimal examples in the issue. Done means hovering a non-decimal or exponential number literal shows its resolved numeric value without requiring console evaluation.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100