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No code completion for method reference operator (::)

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
java
Domain
developer-experience, tooling

Research direction

Start by reproducing the Java snippet and compare completion after typing :: with completion invoked by Ctrl+Space. Trace the completion trigger handling for method references; done means suggestions appear automatically after :: without requiring Ctrl+Space.

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Description

ai-triaged code-completion enhancement 
    List<String> list = new ArrayList<>();
    list.stream().forEach(System.out::|);

Currently there is no completion after typing "::", but clicking "ctrl + space" does. One improvement is to add "::" as trigger characters.

Dominant language
TypeScript
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Forks
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Avg merge
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Merged PRs (30d)
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