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Feature Request Feature: Call Hierarchy Language Service
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Description

Feature Request

In Eclipse CDT, one can ask for call hierarchy not only for functions but for variables, classes and much more.
The symbol appears as the root of the hierarchy, the references to that symbol appears in the next level of hierarchy and so on.

It is very useful feature for the common engineer,
it could be great addition to the vscode features.

Thank you,
Tal.

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating the existing function call-hierarchy implementation and its tests, then determine how variables, classes, macros, and other symbols would be represented as hierarchy roots and references. Done means the requested symbol types can be explored through the same hierarchy workflow with coverage for the supported cases.

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Assessment

Tech stack
cpp, typescript
Domain
developer-experience, devtools
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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