microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools
MSVC Preview headers get tag parsed unnecessarily when IntelliSense is configured to use non-Preview headers
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Description
I'm using CMake Tools for the repro so that might be required. It ends up tag parsing both Preview and non-Preview headers.
@Colengms Maybe you can check if this gets fixed by the work you're doing.
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue using CMake Tools with IntelliSense configured for non-Preview headers, then trace why both Preview and non-Preview headers are tag parsed. Done means Preview headers are excluded from tag parsing when non-Preview headers are selected.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cmake, cpp
- Domain
- compilers, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
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- 35/100