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[Bug] IntelliSense autocomplete incorrectly suggests "pre" and "post" as "C++ keyword"

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Difficulty
3/5
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1-2 days
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35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
cpp, typescript, vscode
Domain
developer-experience, tooling

Research direction

No source file, test, or entry point is named. Reproduce C++ IntelliSense completion in extension versions 1.27.7 and 1.28.3 on the reported VS Code and Windows versions, then trace the suggestion classification; done when “pre” and “post” are no longer offered as C++ keywords.

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Description

by design duplicate Feature: Auto-complete Language Service

Type: Bug

IntelliSense autocomplete incorrectly suggests "pre" and "post" as "C++ keyword".
This behavior did not occur in version 1.27.7.

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Extension version: 1.28.3
VS Code version: Code 1.105.1 (7d842fb85a0275a4a8e4d7e040d2625abbf7f084, 2025-10-14T22:33:36.618Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.26100

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