microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools

Create Declaration / Definition updating appears to be a lot slower on Linux/Mac

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bug Feature: Create Declaration or Definition Language Service performance
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Description

...compared to Windows. We should investigate why and improve the performance.

Other features that use the database might also be impacted.

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Research direction

Reproduce declaration/definition updating on Linux and macOS, then compare its performance with Windows. Trace the database-backed work and check whether other database-using features show the same slowdown; done means identifying the cause and demonstrating improved performance.

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Assessment

Tech stack
linux, macos, typescript
Domain
databases, devtools, performance
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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