microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools
c++ auto convert Dot to -> when dealing with std smart pointer types
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Language Service
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Description
Type: LanguageService
Steps to reproduce
- Type '.' after a "smart pointer" (
std::unique_ptr/std::shared_ptr) variable and we see the members of the 'smart pointer' type.
Expected behavior
- Type '.' after a "smart pointer" (
std::unique_ptr/std::shared_ptr) variable and show the members of the wrapped type instead of the smart pointer type. When the member is chosen, convert.to->.
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Research direction
Start with the C++ LanguageService completion handling for member access after std::unique_ptr and std::shared_ptr variables. Trace how the wrapped type's members are selected and how the chosen completion edits the source. Done means dot completion exposes wrapped-type members and changes the selected access operator to ->.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100