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March 2022 - C++ Team Blog

C++ Modules in CMake with Visual Studio

March 17, 2022 Mar 17, 2022 03/17/22
Will Buik
We’ve seen a lot of excitement around C++ modules since we announced support in the Microsoft C++ compiler and Visual Studio. Ever since, the community has been asking us when CMake support was coming. I am happy to announce that Visual Studio 2022 17.2 Preview 2 has experimental support for C++ modules in CMake projects. One caveat for this...

Visual Studio for remote macOS C++ development

March 16, 2022 Mar 16, 2022 03/16/22
Sinem Akinci
The latest preview version of Visual Studio is now available to download. In this latest release, users wishing to develop cross platform C++ applications for macOS can now make use of Visual Studio’s Linux tools with CMake to target the Mac. There is some setup required on the Mac side to enable the support, but then the Mac is treated just...

Execution and Static Analysis Support for MSVC on Compiler Explorer

March 1, 2022 Mar 1, 2022 03/1/22
Sy Brand
Compiler Explorer is a popular resource for visualizing the assembly output of various compilers, trying out different compiler versions and flags, and testing many popular libraries. We're pleased to announce that, as of today, code execution and static analysis are now available for MSVC on Compiler Explorer. Execution on CE has been one ...