Visual C++ 2015 Update 2 Bug Fixes

Visual CPP TeamMarch 31, 2016Mar 31, 201603/31/16

We’re happy to have shipped Visual Studio 2015 Update 2 (grab a copy here!). This is a quick glance at the Visual C++ bugs resolved that were reported on the Microsoft Connect portal. We have fixed 330 Connect and VS Feedback bugs in the compiler frontend,

Announcing the VC++ 2015 Migration Virtual Development Laboratory

Visual CPP TeamMarch 30, 2016Mar 30, 201603/30/16

The Visual C++ Team is pleased to announce the VC++ 2015 Migration Virtual Development Laboratory (Virtual DevLab) which will run from April 18th through September 30th of this year.
A Virtual DevLab is a kind of remote assistance where Microsoft’s Visual C++ Team will help you with questions and code inspection.

Optimizing the Layout of Empty Base Classes in VS2015 Update 2

Vinny RomanoMarch 30, 2016Mar 30, 201603/30/16

The C++ Standard has only a handful of requirements regarding how a class is laid out in memory, one of which is that the size of a most derived object shall have a non-zero size and shall occupy one or more bytes of storage.

UserVoice Suggestions Completed in Visual Studio 2015

Visual CPP TeamMarch 30, 2016Mar 30, 201603/30/16

We continue to receive many helpful suggestions and comments from the community on the Visual Studio UserVoice site. Your contributions help us improve Visual Studio and the C++ experience for developers. Thank you.
The following suggestions were marked as “completed” for Visual Studio 2015 (up to Update 2 RC):

Automate the installation of Boost
C++ Edit and Continue in the new debug engine
C++ has the same templates as Visual Basic and C#
Fix IntelliSense performance / slow parsing
Improve C++ intelliSense for pointers
Improve MFC
Improve link throughput (Multithreaded C/C++ linker)
Make “Go To Definition”