C++ Team Blog

Improved Null Pointer Dereference Detection in Visual Studio 2022 version 17.0 Preview 4

Gabor Horvath October 8, 2021 Oct 8, 2021 10/8/21

Improved Null Pointer Dereference Detection in Visual Studio 2022

Static Analysis Fixes in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11

Gabor Horvath September 13, 2021 Sep 13, 2021 09/13/21

List of Code Analysis Fixes in Visual Studio 2019 16.11

MSVC C++20 and the /std:c++20 Switch

Daniel Griffing September 2, 2021 Sep 2, 2021 09/2/21

We are excited to announce that in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11, we have added the /std:c++20 switch to the set of language mode switches available. The addition of this switch indicates that we’ve reached a point of sufficient stabilization of the MSVC C++20 feature set for it be used in production, with full support in VS servicing ...

C++20 Coroutine Improvements in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11

Jonathan Emmett August 31, 2021 Aug 31, 2021 08/31/21

This post includes contributions from Terry Mahaffey and Ramkumar Ramesh. We last blogged about coroutine support in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.8. In the releases since 16.8 we've introduced several new coroutine features and improvements. This post is a round up of those improvements, all available in Visual Studio 2019 16.11. ...

New Compiler Warnings for Dynamic Initialization and User Defined Sections

Xiang Fan August 24, 2021 Aug 24, 2021 08/24/21

We've added two new warnings to MSVC for misuses of binary sections reserved for the compiler. This short post will explain the issues which they warn against, and potential fixes for your code. The MSVC C++ compiler provides several ways to create sections and place data in them. The linker will convert them into the 'sections' in the PE (...

Attach to a Remote Process with LLDB in Visual Studio 2022 Preview 3

Erika Sweet August 11, 2021 Aug 11, 2021 08/11/21

You can now use Attach to Process to remote debug processes with GDB or LLDB in Visual Studio. The ability to attach to a process running on a remote system with GDB was added in Visual Studio 2019. The ability to attach to a process with LLDB is new in Visual Studio 2022 Preview 3. Remote debugging in Visual Studio is especially valuable ...

ARM64EC Support in Visual Studio

Moyo Okeremi August 10, 2021 Aug 10, 2021 08/10/21

ARM64EC (“Emulation Compatible”) is a new application binary interface for building apps for Windows 11 on ARM. With ARM64EC, you can build new native apps that can run on ARM or incrementally transition existing x64 apps to native performance on ARM. With Visual Studio, you can start building your projects as ARM64EC and enjoy the benefits.

Moving a project to C++ named Modules

Cameron DaCamara August 10, 2021 Aug 10, 2021 08/10/21

There is a lot of hype (and perhaps restraint) to using modules in projects. The general blocker tends to be build support, but even with good build support there is a distinct lack of useful resources for practices around moving projects to using named modules (not just header units). In this blog we will take a small project I created, ...

Edit Your C++ Code while Debugging with Hot Reload in Visual Studio 2022

David Li July 29, 2021 Jul 29, 2021 07/29/21

In Visual Studio 2022 Preview 2, we are happy to announce that Hot Reload is now supported for C++. Hot Reload for C++, powered by Edit and Continue, is a new way of editing your code during debugging.

Visual Studio Code C++ July 2021 Update: Disassembly View, Macro Expansion and Windows ARM64 Debugging

Julia Reid July 28, 2021 Jul 28, 2021 07/28/21

The July 2021 update of the C++ extension for Visual Studio Code is here, bringing you brand new features— such as a Disassembly View while debugging, inline macro expansions, and debug support for Windows ARM64 architecture—along with a bunch of enhancements and bug fixes. To find out more about all the enhancements, check out our ...