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[feature] skip getters/setters in stepFilters

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java, typescript
Domain
devtools

Research direction

Start with the linked VS Code Java debugging documentation and inspect the existing stepFilters options in the debugger. Determine how getter and setter methods should be identified and skipped; done means the new behavior is available alongside the other documented options and prevents stepping into those methods.

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Description

ai-triaged enhancement feature request

Similar to the other options:
https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/java/java-debugging#_attach

Dominant language
TypeScript
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Forks
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Avg merge
1d 9h
Merged PRs (30d)
19

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