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August 2018 - C++ Team Blog

Q&A: How to specialize std::sort by binding the comparison function

August 29, 2018 Aug 29, 2018 08/29/18
Herb Sutter
This post is part of a regular series of posts where the C++ product team here at Microsoft and other guests answer questions we have received from customers. The questions can be about anything C++ related: Visual C++, the standard language and library, the C++ standards committee, isocpp.org, CppCon, etc. Today's Q&A is by Herb Sutter. ...

Visual Studio Code C/C++ extension August 2018 Update

August 23, 2018 Aug 23, 2018 08/23/18
Rong Lu
Late last week we shipped the August 2018 update  to the C/C++ extension for Visual Studio Code. This update included support for “Just My Code” symbol search, a gcc-x64 option in the intelliSenseMode setting, and many bug fixes. You can find the full list of changes in the release notes. “Just My Code” symbol search Keyboard shortcut...

std::string_view: The Duct Tape of String Types

August 21, 2018 Aug 21, 2018 08/21/18
Billy O'Neal
Visual Studio 2017 contains support for std::string_view, a type added in C++17 to serve some of the roles previously served by const char * and const std::string& parameters. string_view is neither a "better const std::string&", nor "better const char *"; it is neither a superset or subset of either. std::string_view is intended to be...

C++ development with Docker containers in Visual Studio Code

August 14, 2018 Aug 14, 2018 08/14/18
Rong Lu
Containers allow developers to package up an application with all the parts it needs, such as libraries and other dependencies, and ship it all out as one image. This is especially useful for C++ cross-platform development – with containers you can choose to target a platform that runs on a completely different operating system than your ...

Using MSVC in a Docker Container for Your C++ Projects

August 13, 2018 Aug 13, 2018 08/13/18
Marc Goodner
Containers encapsulate the runtime environment of an application: the file system, environment settings, and virtualized OS are bundled into a package. Docker containers have changed the way we think about build and test environments since they were introduced five years ago. Visual Studio’s setup and install expert, Heath Stewart, blogs ...