Suggestion: Analyzer for Tagged comments

[fitdev]

It would be nice to be able to have some user-defined comment tags participate in code analysis, such that certain tagged comments can produce either warnings or errors.

So, at the basic level, a 3rd dropdown is needed on tags section in the Syntax Highlight Configurations called Analyzer (or something similar) with values:

• None: Does not participate in code analysis at all
• Warning: If tag is present a compiler warning is issued
• Error: If tag is present, it's a compile time error

Maybe for Warning and Error add ability to define custom, per-tag analyzer IDs.

A More Advanced Version:

To make this even more useful, whether or not a Warning/Error is issued can be made to depend on not just on the comment tag itself (string value), but on additional conditions:

• Project configuration / compile time #constant
• Date - to enable reminders / todo-like functionality

To implement it as an Analyzer in an extension, you can look into how they do analyzers in Roslynator

[fitdev]

Additional Ideas about Tagged Comments:

1. Ability to list / display such tagged comments in the NaviBar's dropdowns:

• Current File Node (first item)
• Respective place within the namespace / type drodowns

2. Ability to display these in Super QuickInfos (perhaps in a similar place where Analyzer comment is displayed)

[fitdev]

Another possibility is to perhaps somehow integrate it with VS's task list.

[wmjordan]

Aren't they already in the Task List?

[fitdev]

You are right! Sorry about that. I guess I forgot to keep the 2 lists in sync (I have more comment tags defined in Codist than I have defined in VS's task list).