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blintz base · Feb 26, 2021

VSCode C/C++ IntelliSense / Go-To-Definition Issues

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Visual Studio Code is a pretty good at inferring the structure of C/C++ projects and automatically building accurate symbol tables and resolving references. Every once in a while, especially when I’m using VSCode remotely using SSH, the IntelliSense processes go haywire and all definitions become difficult to resolve. There is some intersection between upgrading the version of the C/C++…

Visual Studio Code is a pretty good at inferring the structure of C/C++ projects and automatically building accurate symbol tables and resolving references. Every once in a while, especially when I’m using VSCode remotely using SSH, the IntelliSense processes go haywire and all definitions become difficult to resolve.

There is some intersection between upgrading the version of the C/C++ Extension and doing remote development that breaks things. The ‘C/C++: Reset IntelliSense Database’ command from the Command Palette is not helpful here.

Read on /posts/vscode-cpp-c-intellisense/

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