microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools
Copilot Hover doesn't include context from outside of current TU
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bug
Feature: Copilot Hover
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- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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Description
Example: Class member functions declared in a header but defined in a separate source.
Currently, we're not getting this definition text and are just using the included declaration, which leads to lower quality descriptions.
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First steps
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Use the reported header/source example as the reproduction: compare Copilot Hover results for a member declared in a header and defined in a separate source file. Trace the hover implementation and its tests, then verify that the definition text contributes to the generated description without regressing declaration-only cases.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, typescript, vscode
- Domain
- developer-experience, devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100