[ISSUE] "Thread" reference not recognized in Workbench

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When using Threads, Workbench flags any references to Thread as an error, undefined, despite successful compiling using the CLI, and not flagging in Particle Dev.

If I run with all extensions disabled (including Particle ones) no errors of any kind are flagged in the file. As soon as I enable Particle Workbench (and prereqs “C/C++” and “Cortex-Debug”) the issue presents itself again.

My best guess is that since PLATFORM_THREADING is defined in firmware/platform/MCU/build.mk and not in a header file VS Code doesn’t have the context to recognize it. Can this parameter and others normally set under those build files be established based off of the Particle: Configure Workspace For Device selection?

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The sample code to reproduce the issue:

Thread mythread;

void threadFunction() { for(;;) { delay(100); } }

void setup() {
  // See Thread is not recognized
  mythread = Thread("ThreadName", threadFunction, OS_THREAD_PRIORITY_DEFAULT + 1);

  SINGLE_THREADED_BLOCK() {
    // This is recognized, so clearly spark_wiring_thread.h is properly included
  }

  #ifdef PLATFORM_THREADING
  // Notice that this is grayed out here, which is why Thread is not included
  // According to VS Code this is not defined
  delay(100);
  #endif
}

void loop() {}

The output of the Particle Audit:


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}

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@justicefreed_amper wow thanks for a super-helpful report :pray::+1:

you are correct: PLATFORM_THREADING=1 needs to be added to the list of defines we are providing to the intellisense engine.

it’s a simple change - i’ll get it in the next update.

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