microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools
Make it possible to define custom compiler keywords
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Description
Type: LanguageService
Right now the intellisence fails at highliting of a custom compiler keywords, like __data, data, __xdata and so forth,
which are used, e.g. for 8051 (aka MCS51) architecture:
and so forth.
BTW, similar keywords also are exists and in many other compilers with different MCU architectures.
So, it would be good to allow to define the custom keywords in some VSCode API.
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Research direction
The issue names no files or tests. Start by reviewing the C/C++ language service and VS Code API surface for configurable keywords, then compare the referenced 8051 keyword lists. Done means a custom API definition is available and IntelliSense highlighting recognizes those compiler-specific keywords.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, typescript, vscode
- Domain
- compilers, developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100