microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools
Show standard library documentation in hover tooltips
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Description
Type: Bug
VS code contains lot less useful info about std lib in hint:
than Eclipse:
also which header to include would be desirable.
Extension version: 1.17.5
VS Code version: Code 1.73.1 (6261075646f055b99068d3688932416f2346dd3b, 2022-11-09T04:27:29.066Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045
Modes:
Sandboxed: No
System Info
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| CPUs | Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10510U CPU @ 1.80GHz (8 x 2304) |
| GPU Status | 2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: disabled_off direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_renderer: enabled_on video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: disabled_off |
| Load (avg) | undefined |
| Memory (System) | 15.81GB (8.07GB free) |
| Process Argv | |
| Screen Reader | no |
| VM | 0% |
Contributor guide
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Research direction
The issue names no files, entry points, or tests. Start by tracing how the extension builds hover tooltips for C++ standard-library symbols, then determine how documentation and required headers are sourced; done means the hover shows useful standard-library documentation and the applicable include header.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, typescript
- Domain
- developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100