microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools
Add function output arguments to tokenColorCustomizations
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Feature Request
Feature: Colorization
Language Service
Visual Studio
- Dominant language
- TypeScript
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Description
Type: Feature Request
This feature is supported in QtCreator: it is very handy when you look at function call. So you understand that some variables could be changed after this call.


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Research direction
Review the tokenColorCustomizations setting and the QtCreator examples linked in the issue first. Define how function output arguments should be represented for C++ calls, then verify the behavior in VS Code using calls that modify variables.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp, vscode
- Domain
- developer-experience, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100