microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools
Missing Reference in Structured Binding Intellisense
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Description
The language hovers for structured bindings do not show references.
For example, in the following simple example while hovering over x, the editor renders int x, which is incorrect. It ought to be int& x.
struct Foo { int x, y, z; };
void test( Foo& foo ) {
auto& [ x, y, z ] = foo;
}
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