Intellisense cannot infer type from extension method

Question

The example below compiles successfully.
The compiler can infer the type of e (Customer)
My question is why Intellisense cannot do the same?
When I type customer.SetValue( it correctly shows that the method expects

 Expression<Func<Customer, TProperty>>

but when I type e => e. it cannot understand that e is a Customer

Is this expected or is it a bug?

using System;
using System.Linq.Expressions;
using System.Reflection;

namespace ConsoleApplicationExpressionTree
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Customer customer = new Customer();
            customer.SetValue(e => e.Age, 10);
            customer.SetValue(e => e.Name, "TheName");
            //type here
         }
     }

     public static class Extentions
     {
        public static void SetValue<TEntity, TProperty>(this TEntity instance, Expression<Func<TEntity, TProperty>> expression, TProperty newValue)
        {
            if (instance == null)
                throw new ArgumentNullException();

            var memberExpression = (MemberExpression)expression.Body;
            var property = (PropertyInfo)memberExpression.Member;

            property.SetValue(instance, newValue, null);
        }
    } 
    public class Customer
    {
        public string Name { get; set; }
         public int Age { get; set; }
    }
}

I'm using VS 2015 ,.NET 4.6.1

Update
It is not related to Expression<> ,the method can change to

public static void SetValue<TEntity, TProperty>(this TEntity instance, Func<TEntity, TProperty> expression, TProperty newValue)

Update 2
I can reproduce it with

VS 2015 Enterprise
VS 2015 Community Edition

It seems to be working in (Haven't tested other versions)

VS 2013 Ultimate
VS 2013 Premium

I've had this happen a couple of times, about once every other week. Closing and reopening VS usually fixes it for me, but it is still annoying. — Jacob Lambert, Jan 19 '16 at 17:55
Im sure some code has been omitted to keep the question small, but can I ask the purpose of an extension to set the properties? — Wobbles, Jan 19 '16 at 17:56
@JRLambert I've restarted my VS/PC but I always have this problem.I'll open a bug report — George Vovos, Jan 20 '16 at 10:20

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 05 '16 at 15:27

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I've filed a bug report at connect.microsoft.com

answered Feb 05 '16 at 15:27

George Vovos

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 19 '16 at 20:53

Is this expected or is it a bug?

It is neither really.

While Intellisense is there to help you as much as possible, it has never claimed to properly parse every single declaration in your code. This has traditionally been more of an issue with C++ and its complicated macro-based declarations, but every now and then you'll run into issues in C# too.

You can open a Connect issue over this if you want, but other than that it's something you can easily live with so don't expect too fast a response (think 2017 rather than 2015 update 2).

Thanks for the answer @Blindy but since it works in previous editions I think it's a bug — George Vovos, Jan 20 '16 at 10:46

Intellisense cannot infer type from extension method

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