microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools
Generate code for override functions from virtual functions
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Feature Request
Feature: Code Generation
Feature: Refactoring
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Description
It would be very useful if cpptools could have some auto-generation features:
- generate methods functions from header file to source file
- generate override functions from virtual functions of current class or parent class
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating cpptools' existing code-generation features, then trace how C++ headers, source files, virtual functions, and parent classes are inspected. Done means defining and implementing the requested generation behavior with tests for both listed cases.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100