microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools
Switch off nested code analysis from includes
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Description
Feature Request
Hi,
In a lot of my files I get an "Error while processing" error from the C/C++ tool during the analysis. We are working on a project where we use generated drivers from our microcontroller vendor, and I have disabled analysis of the folders containing those files. When I open one of those files, it does not show the errors. However, the analysis of a file which includes one of those driver files generates a lot of errors under the banner of "Error while processing" which is marked in Line 1 Column 1 of the file. Is it possible to disable analysis of files that are included?
I believe this is also slowing down the analysis quite significantly too, as there is a lot conditional compilation in there too.
Thanks in advance!
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Research direction
No implementation files or tests are named. Start by tracing how the C/C++ analysis handles included files and how excluded folders are currently applied, then determine where an option to skip included-file analysis belongs. Done means included files from excluded folders are not analyzed while the directly opened file still is, with the reported processing errors avoided.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- devtools, performance
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100