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intellisense incorrectly reports error on enum definition and initialization #14726

Description

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Type: Bug

the following code at global scope:

enum
{
   PS_Ground,
   PS_Air,
} player_state = PS_Ground;

causes intellisense to falsely report

a value of type "enum <unnamed>" cannot be used to initialize an entity of type "enum <unnamed>"C/C++(144)

Extension version: 1.33.8
VS Code version: Code 1.108.2 (c9d77990917f3102ada88be140d28b038d1dd7c7, 2026-01-21T13:52:09.270Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.19045
Modes: Unsupported

System Info
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Load (avg) undefined
Memory (System) 63.75GB (37.54GB free)
Process Argv --crash-reporter-id 5b0c14a8-0995-4ea9-b825-4e47b3a80039
Screen Reader no
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