microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools
'Create Declaration / Definition' fails with an "Unknown error" if a class declaration already exists
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Feature: Create Declaration or Definition
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Description
Use Create Declaration / Definition on the external definition of a class method which already has a declaration.
Bug: It shows "Unknown error" instead of a message about the declaration already existing. The user may not realize the declaration already exists if the class is big.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue with Create Declaration / Definition on an external C++ class method that already has a declaration. Trace the command's handling of this duplicate-declaration case and verify that it reports the existing declaration rather than showing "Unknown error".
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, typescript
- Domain
- developer-experience, devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100