Don't save debugger completion history for evaluations that return errors #287188
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Debug Console history was polluted with incomplete/invalid expressions that failed evaluation. Typing
myVarand pressing Enter before autocomplete finishes would addmyVarto history even though it returned an error, pushing the correctmyVariabledown in suggestions.Changes
Modified evaluation flow to track and propagate success status:
ReplModel.addReplExpression(): ReturnsPromise<boolean>instead ofPromise<void>, capturing the result fromevaluateExpression()IDebugSession.addReplExpression(): Interface updated to return booleanRepl.acceptReplInput()/sendReplInput(): Made async, conditionally add to history only on successTests
sendErrorResponse()toMockDebugAdapterfor error simulationtrue) and failed (returnsfalse) evaluationsOriginal prompt
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