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December 2018 - C++ Team Blog

Out-of-Process Debugger for C++ in Visual Studio 2019

December 18, 2018 Dec 18, 2018 12/18/18
Cagri Aslan
Visual Studio 2019 Preview 1 introduces an improved debugger for C++ that uses an external 64-bit process for hosting its memory-intensive components. If you’ve experienced memory-related issues while debugging C++ applications before, these issues should now be largely resolved with Visual Studio 2019. Background One of the areas of ...

New Start Window and New Project Dialog Experience in Visual Studio 2019

December 14, 2018 Dec 14, 2018 12/14/18
Augustin Popa
Two features available in Visual Studio 2019 Preview 1 for C++ developers are the start window and a revamped new project dialog. The start window moves the core features from the Visual Studio Start Page, which normally appeared in the editor space when Visual Studio is launched, out into a separate window that appears before the IDE launches. The window includes five main sections: Open recent, Clone or checkout code, Open a project or solution, Open a local folder, Create a new project. It is also possible to continue past the window without opening any code by choosing “Continue without code”. Let’s dig into the features of the start window.

Using multi-stage containers for C++ development

December 13, 2018 Dec 13, 2018 12/13/18
Marc Goodner
Updated January 10, 2020: Corrected link to article source that was broken by refactoring in the repo. Containers are a great tool for configuring reproducible build environments. It’s fairly easy to find Dockerfiles that provide various C++ environments. Unfortunately, it is hard to find guidance on how to use newer techniques like multi...

Guaranteed Copy Elision Does Not Elide Copies

December 11, 2018 Dec 11, 2018 12/11/18
Sy Brand
This post is also available on Simon Brand's blog C++17 merged in a paper called Guaranteed copy elision through simplified value categories. The changes mandate that no copies or moves take place in some situations where they were previously allowed, e.g.: You can see this behavior in compiler versions Visual Studio 2017 15.6, Clang...