microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools
Can we support GCC C extensions?
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Description
For example, typeof keyword, variable length and zero length arrays. Currently many of them are treated as unknown identifiers and the IntelliSense raises many errors.
http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.6.2/gcc/C-Extensions.html
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Research direction
Start with the GCC C Extensions reference linked in the issue and investigate how IntelliSense handles typeof, variable-length arrays, and zero-length arrays. Done means these examples are recognized without the reported unknown-identifier and IntelliSense errors, with the requested extension behavior covered.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c
- Domain
- compilers, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100