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IntelliSense for clang-cl produces incorrect error with boost::function
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Description
Type: LanguageService
Describe the bug
- OS and Version: Windows 10 Pro 1909
- VS Code Version: 1.51.0
- C/C++ Extension Version: 1.1.0
When I specify the path to clang-cl.exe to compilerPath property of c_cpp_properties.json, incorrect errors appear in the problems window. Using boost::function is an easy way to reproduce it.
Steps to reproduce
- Make sure you have installed Clang 9.0.0 for Windows
- Download Boost 1.73.0 from https://www.boost.org and extract it somewhere
- Create a directory
- Put test.cpp in the directory
#include <boost/function.hpp>
void f(const boost::function<void()> &x) {
x();
}
- Put .vscode/c_cpp_properties.json
{
"version": 4,
"configurations": [
{
"name": "Clang",
"compilerPath": "C:/Program Files/LLVM/bin/clang-cl.exe",
"includePath": [
"C:/your/path/to/boost_1_73_0"
]
}
]
}
- Open the directory with VSCode
- Open test.cpp with the editor
Expected behavior
No error is shown in the problems window. You can get this result by specifying clang.exe instead of clang-cl.exe.
Actual behavior
The following error is shown in the problems window.
call of an object of a class type without appropriate operator() or conversion functions to pointer-to-function type
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Research direction
Reproduce the diagnostic with the provided test.cpp, Boost 1.73.0, and .vscode/c_cpp_properties.json using clang-cl.exe, then compare it with clang.exe. Trace the IntelliSense language-service handling of the compilerPath setting; done means the boost::function example produces no Problems-window error with clang-cl.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, vscode
- Domain
- compilers, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100