C++ Team Blog

The latest in C++, Visual Studio, VS Code, and vcpkg from the MSFT C++ team

address sanitizer - C++ Team Blog

AddressSanitizer continue_on_error

June 29, 2023 Jun 29, 2023 06/29/23
Jim Radigan
Visual Studio 17.6 comes with new functionality in the Address Sanitizer runtime which provides a new “checked build” for C and C++. This new runtime mode diagnoses and reports hidden memory safety errors, with zero false positives, as your app runs. Introduction C++ memory safety errors are a top concern for the industry. In Visual ...

Address Sanitizer Now in “Early Release” for Xbox Developers

June 22, 2021 Jun 22, 2021 06/22/21
David Li
Address Sanitizer is now available on Xbox, developers can leverage this powerful technology to help debug memory issues in their titles.  Combined with the crash dump changes detailed here, it should provide all the flexibility required to support your automated tests suites and enable you to find issues quickly and easily.