Documentation incorrect for `inlayHints.callArgumentNames`

[kinto0]

The documentation here suggests that this config value is a boolean (default false) but in reality it's an enum with all, off, and partial.

[github-actions]

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• How to get rid of "__start/" etc. ? – discusses disabling call argument name inlay hints to remove decorations. How to get rid of "__start/" etc. ? pylance-release#4473
• Ignore inlay hints for parameters starting with __ – suggests using the partial value for callArgumentNames to suppress hints on dunder-prefixed parameters. Ignore inlay hints for parameters starting with __ pylance-release#5242

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[rchiodo]

@luabud do you know how the documentation on the VS code site gets updated?

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/python/settings-reference?fbclid=IwY2xjawM-blpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFORDBFNDhxamhvTGxybjR1AR7RFCO7-nve-CwFiv36d39h1UEA1iIwmKUFQ9L7dYIF4X2aE-AdMYMhmLQIUg_aem_uyVE7frVHi5HclwjQ9pgVQ#_pylance-language-server

This doesn't match what our package.json shows for the different inlay hint values. In particular callArgumentNames should be an enum, and not a boolean.

[luabud]

Thank you for bringing this up! Indeed it's a problem in our documentation. The file in question is here: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-docs/blob/main/docs/python/settings-reference.md
We need to update the inlayHints.callArgumentNames entry to reflect it's an enum instead of a boolean: