microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools-api

Add support for specifying separate C and C++ compiler paths and args

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TypeScript
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Description

Related to: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools/issues/9266

Opening this to track updating compilerPath, compilerArgs, and compilerFragments fields to allow separate values to be provided for C vs. C++.

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Research direction

Start by reading the related vscode-cpptools issue 9266 and locate the public API definitions for compilerPath, compilerArgs, and compilerFragments. Determine how separate C and C++ values should be represented, then verify that the API supports distinct values for both languages.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c, cpp, typescript
Domain
compilers, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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