Microsoft/TypeScript

Getting completions when writing out a dot in a parameter should suggest the splat operator

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#4,262 opened on Aug 10, 2015

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Description

At present the completions returned seem arbitrary. Example:

function(arg: string, ./**/): any {
}

Getting completions at the marker yields the typical alphabetical list of global things - worse yet, in VSCode, pressing . again auto-completes the first one (.AbstractWorker. isn't really a valid argument name)! Very frustrating.

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Investigate the completion logic in the TypeScript compiler's language service, specifically the part that handles parameter type completions after a dot.
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typescript
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