microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools
derived class show base class virtual method's comments when hovering
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Description
Type: LanguageService
Describe the bug
- OS and Version: windows 10
- VS Code Version: 1.43.0
- C/C++ Extension Version: 0.26.3
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Steps to reproduce
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- Click on '....'
- Scroll down to '....'
- See error
Expected behavior
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class base {
// I'm comment
virtual void foo() {}
};
class derive : public base {
void foo() {}
};
As we often write comments on base class's (pure) virtual methods instead of repeating them on every derived classes, we hope these information could be passed to derived class when we hover the cursor on the method. Just like clion does like the following. It explicitly tells that the comment comes from base class, which will be very nice to readers.

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Research direction
Start in the C++ language service's hover handling and reproduce the behavior with the provided base and derived class sample. The change is complete when hovering over the derived class's foo method displays the comment from the base virtual method and identifies its source.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100