microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools
Add support for precompiled headers
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Description
CMake has added support for precompiled headers since 3.16 (https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/command/target_precompile_headers.html), could cpptools utilize such a feature to speed up compilation?
Originally posted by @sam20908 in https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools/discussions/8338
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Research direction
Start by reading CMake's target_precompile_headers documentation and the linked discussion about using precompiled headers in cpptools. No source file, test, or entry point is named, so first identify where cpptools configures CMake compilation. Done means cpptools can use this CMake capability to speed compilation.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cmake, cpp
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100