Support SDCC as compiler

Type: LanguageService

This issue is closely related to #2499 but more general. The linked issue talks requests that VSCode supports some of SDCC compiler's syntax for Intel 8051 projects. This issue requests that SDCC is generally a supported and recognized compiler in VSCode's C/C++ extension, since SDCC can do much more (compile code for STM8, Z80, PIC14, PIC16, etc.).

Describe the bug

OS and Version: Windows 10 x64
VS Code Version: 1.54.1
C/C++ Extension Version: 1.2.2
Other extensions you installed (and if the issue persists after disabling them): PlatformIO (2.3.0)
Does this issue involve using SSH remote to run the extension on a remote machine?: No
A clear and concise description of what the bug is, including information about the workspace (i.e. is the workspace a single project or multiple projects, size of the project, etc).:
- When using SDCC as the compiler in the compilerPath of the .vscode/c_cpp_properties.json file, it is not being recongized correctly with the message "Unable to resolve configuration with compilerPath [..]/sdcc.exe. Using cl.exe instead."

Steps to reproduce

(Note: I'm using PlatformIO to generate a project, auto-download SDCC and auto-generate the c_cpp_properties.json that is causing issues)
Install the PlatformIO extension
Create a new project for the STM8Blue board and SPL as framework
Switch to the newly created project
Change the platformio.ini of the project to

[env:stm8sblue]
platform = ststm8
board = stm8sblue

Press Ctrl+Shift+P -> Rebuild IntelliSense
Observe generated .vscode/c_cpp_properties.json containing SDCC in the compilerPath, example:

//
// !!! WARNING !!! AUTO-GENERATED FILE!
// PLEASE DO NOT MODIFY IT AND USE "platformio.ini":
// https://docs.platformio.org/page/projectconf/section_env_build.html#build-flags
//
{
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "PlatformIO",
            "includePath": [
                "C:/Users/Max/Documents/PlatformIO/Projects/stm8_testing/include",
                "C:/Users/Max/Documents/PlatformIO/Projects/stm8_testing/src",
                "C:/Users/Max/.platformio/packages/tool-unity",
                ""
            ],
            "browse": {
                "limitSymbolsToIncludedHeaders": true,
                "path": [
                    "C:/Users/Max/Documents/PlatformIO/Projects/stm8_testing/include",
                    "C:/Users/Max/Documents/PlatformIO/Projects/stm8_testing/src",
                    "C:/Users/Max/.platformio/packages/tool-unity",
                    ""
                ]
            },
            "defines": [
                "F_CPU=16000000L",
                "PLATFORMIO=50101",
                "STM8S_BLUE",
                "STM8S103",
                ""
            ],
            "compilerPath": "C:/Users/Max/.platformio/packages/toolchain-sdcc/bin/sdcc.exe",
            "compilerArgs": [
                "-mstm8",
                ""
            ]
        }
    ],
    "version": 4
}

Expected behavior

The SDCC compiler is recongized correctly in VSCode and compiler-specific includes like `#include "mcs51/8051.h" are recongized, and special SDCC syntax for e.g. special function registers (SFRs) and interrupt definitions are recongized.

Logs from the command C/C++: Log Diagnostics: None relevant -- see below
Logs from the language server: None relevant: see below

Actual behavior

Error message in the "C/C++ Configuration warnings" output tab:

[10.3.2021, 20:14:57] Die Konfiguration mit compilerPath "C:/Users/Max/.platformio/packages/toolchain-sdcc/bin/sdcc.exe" kann nicht aufgelöst werden. Stattdessen wird "cl.exe" verwendet.

Translates to

Unable to resolve configuration with compilerPath [..]/sdcc.exe. Using cl.exe instead."

Due to that of course, nothing SDCC specific like the compiler-specific includes or syntaxes are displayed correctly in VSCode.

Screenshots
None relevant

Related to #6677 .

This feature request has received enough votes to be added to our backlog.

What's going on here? People still use SDCC and VSCode, I really want to see VSCode add support for SDCC.

any update？

ArvoGuo (@ArvoGuo)

ArvoGuo (@ArvoGuo) No update.

+1

Any update?

+1

Any update?

There is already an addon for that
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=CL.eide

please close.

+1

Any update?

I would +1 this.

+1
Hard to believe this still isn't done. Aren't there any other compilers that would benefit from some simple customization for the C/C++ extension syntax? This seems pretty easy to do.

+1
no changes for 5 years already

Sad to see, that 4 years and 3 months later for this issue, or rather 7 years later for #2499, the best we have for SDCC coding in VSCode is #define'ing the missing syntax to an empty expression. The fundamental backlog issue #6677 (comment) hasn't been woked on?

Maximilian Gerhardt (@maxgerhardt)

Maximilian Gerhardt (@maxgerhardt) I think the main feature request that covers all these specifics is probably #6931

I have the same problem on vscode and CLion.

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