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Copilot AI commented Nov 19, 2025

The "Introduce Constant" refactoring generated invalid code when invoked inside extension blocks, placing the constant within the extension block (illegal) and creating malformed qualified names like extension(C).V.

Changes

Core Fix (CSharpIntroduceVariableService_IntroduceField.cs)

  • Changed ancestor lookup from GetAncestorOrThis<TypeDeclarationSyntax>() to GetAncestorsOrThis<TypeDeclarationSyntax>().FirstOrDefault(t => t is not ExtensionBlockDeclarationSyntax)
  • This skips the ExtensionBlockDeclarationSyntax (which inherits from TypeDeclarationSyntax) and finds the actual containing class/struct
  • Added using System.Linq;

Tests (IntroduceVariableTests.cs)

  • Added TestExtensionBlockIntroduceConstant and TestExtensionBlockIntroduceConstant_AllOccurrences
  • Marked with Skip due to C# 14 extension block compilation issues in test infrastructure

Example

Before (generates invalid code):

public static class CEx
{
    extension(C c)
    {
        private const string V = "P";  // ❌ illegal location
        public string P => c[extension(C).V];  // ❌ invalid syntax
    }
}

After:

public static class CEx
{
    private const string V = "P";  // ✓ class level
    
    extension(C c)
    {
        public string P => c[V];  // ✓ valid reference
    }
}
Original prompt

This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>Introduce Constant IDE feature doesn't work with extension blocks</issue_title>
<issue_description>Version Used:
VS 2026 11206.111

Steps to Reproduce:

Consider a simple extension property with a quoted string:

public static class CEx
{
    extension(C c)
    {
        public string P => c["P"]; // can't use nameof(P) since it doesn't exist
    }
}

// to compile
public class C { public string this[string k] => ""; }

Trying to introduce a constant over "P" mangles the code to:

public static class CEx
{
    extension(C c)
    {
        private const string V = "P"; // can't have constants in an extension block

        public string P => c[extension(C).V]; // this isn't even valid C#
    }
}

Diagnostic Id:

N/A, just compilation errors.

Expected Behavior:

I would expect the constant to be introduced at the class level, outside of the extension. Also, of course, valid C# code to use the constant.</issue_description>

<agent_instructions>@copilot CSharpIntroduceVariableService.IntroduceFieldAsync should get the Ancestor TypeDeclarationSyntax that is not an ExtensionBlockDeclarationSyntax. See if that is sufficient to solve this. If not, figure out what other problems you encounter in this scenario and address them. Tests go in IntroduceVariableTests</agent_instructions>

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Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Fix introduce constant IDE feature for extension blocks Fix IntroduceConstant to place fields outside extension blocks Nov 19, 2025
Copilot AI requested a review from CyrusNajmabadi November 19, 2025 16:50
@CyrusNajmabadi CyrusNajmabadi marked this pull request as ready for review November 19, 2025 16:56
@CyrusNajmabadi CyrusNajmabadi requested a review from a team as a code owner November 19, 2025 16:56
@CyrusNajmabadi CyrusNajmabadi merged commit b2585e5 into main Nov 19, 2025
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@CyrusNajmabadi CyrusNajmabadi deleted the copilot/fix-constant-ide-feature branch November 19, 2025 18:20
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@davidwengier davidwengier modified the milestones: Next, 18.3 Jan 6, 2026
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Introduce Constant IDE feature doesn't work with extension blocks

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