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December 2017 - C++ Team Blog

Image Watch is now available for Visual Studio 2017

December 14, 2017 Dec 14, 2017 12/14/17
Marian Luparu
点这里看中文版 Image Watch is a Visual Studio extension that provides a watch window for viewing in-memory bitmaps when debugging native C++ code. It comes with built-in support for OpenCV image types (e.g. cv::Mat, cv::Mat_<> , etc.). We know that, for many of you, this is an important part of your C++ debugging experience. We...

Broken Warnings Theory

December 13, 2017 Dec 13, 2017 12/13/17
Yuriy Solodkyy
Перевод статьи на русском The "broken warnings theory" is a fictional theory of the norm-setting and signaling effect of coding practices and bug-checking techniques in 3rd party libraries on new bugs and design anti-patterns. The theory states that maintaining and monitoring warning levels to prevent small problems ...

Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension Dec 2017 update – support for more Linux distros

December 11, 2017 Dec 11, 2017 12/11/17
Rong Lu
Happy holidays! Today we’re shipping the December 2017 update to the Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension – our last major update of this year, with out-of-box support for more Linux distros and built-in guidance on how to configure for a better IntelliSense experience. The original blog post, which provides an overview of this extension, ...

C++17 Feature Removals And Deprecations

December 8, 2017 Dec 8, 2017 12/8/17
Stephan T. Lavavej - MSFT
Technology advances by inventing new ways of doing things and by discarding old ways. The C++ Standardization Committee is simultaneously adding new features and removing old features at a gradual pace, because we've discovered thoroughly better ways of writing code. While feature removals can be annoying, in the sense that programmers need to...