Compilation Hints Get Scrambled

From @robbpriestley on May 22, 2016 16:47

• VSCode Version: 1.1.1
• OS Version: OSX El Capitan 10.11.4

This has been an annoying issue ever since I started using VS Code in March. I’ve been living with it and don’t want to complain because I love VS Code, but perhaps it will help if I report it.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Work normally and do a minor refactor, change the signature of a method, or modify a class structure
2. The compilation hints spontaneously get all scrambled and remain that way

Sometimes clicking on the error list and selecting an “error” from the list jumps me to the source location helps to snap VS Code out of it, but most often I need to save everything and restart VS Code to fix it. Then it “re-indexes” the code and the mistaken compilation error hints go away. Executing dotnet build doesn’t do it.

Attached is a screenshot showing a very weird one that occurred spontaneously just now.

Type 'ServiceLogRepository' already defines a member called '.ctor' with the same parameter types [netcoreapp1.0]

I hope I’m getting the terminology decently OK here, there are probably better names for things.

Copied from original issue: Microsoft/vscode#6632

[robbpriestley]

This continues to be a really serious usability problem and in my humble opinion it should be top priority to fix. Easy for me to say, I know, but here’s an example:

I’m doing a refactor today and I’ve quite literally needed to restart VS Code a dozen times in order to clear the scrambled compilation hints. Now members of my team are reporting it as a distraction as well. It’s more than just annoying, it leads to incorrect conversations between team members as well, and is a productivity hit.

[robbpriestley]

Here’s another interesting one:

The call is ambiguous between the following methods or properties: ‘ISocialMediaRepository.Add(SocialMedia)’ and ‘ISocialMediaRepository.Add(SocialMedia)’ [netcoreapp1.0]