microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools
Copilot Hover on identifiers does not reference type definition
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bug
Feature: Copilot Hover
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- TypeScript
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Description
When used on the identifier instead of the class symbol, the type/class definition isn't included as context. Having this relevant context should help improve the descriptions on identifiers with user-defined types.
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the Copilot hover handling for identifiers in the vscode-cpptools extension and compare it with hover handling on class symbols. Trace how type or class definitions are gathered for context, then verify that identifier hovers include the relevant user-defined type information and improve their descriptions.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, typescript
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100