microsoft / microsoft/tsdoc

Can inherit doc also copy the TSDoc when I hover?

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Description

Honestly don't know how @inheritDoc or @inheritdoc works. Can't we also make it copy the docs so that we don't have to repeat it? Will that be a valid use-case? Just wondering.

I'm assuming this tag is useful for library devs but is this tag just not useful for application devs?

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Start by reviewing the existing @inheritDoc and @inheritdoc behavior described in the TSDoc specification, along with the hover examples attached to the issue. Clarify whether inherited comments should be copied into hover documentation and define the expected behavior for library and application code before identifying implementation work.

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Tech stack
typescript
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documentation
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Feature
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