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How we used C++20 to eliminate an entire class of runtime bugs

January 13, 2022 Jan 13, 2022 01/13/22
Cameron DaCamara
C++20 is here and has been supported in MSVC since 16.11, but today's post is not about how you can use it, but rather how we used it to effectively eliminate an entire class of runtime bugs by hoisting a check into compile-time. Let's get right into it! Humble beginnings In compiler design one of the very first things you need is a way to ...

The /fp:contract flag and changes to FP modes in VS2022

December 14, 2021 Dec 14, 2021 12/14/21
Gautham Beeraka (Intel Americas Inc)
The /fp:contract flag and changes to FP modes in VS2022 In this blog we will cover a new feature we have added to the MSVC version 17.0 compiler in VS2022 that impacts the generation of Floating-Point contractions such as Fused Multiply Add (FMA) instructions. We will cover how FMA contractions are supported in pre-VS2022 MSVC compiler ...

Moving a project to C++ named Modules

August 10, 2021 Aug 10, 2021 08/10/21
Cameron DaCamara
There is a lot of hype (and perhaps restraint) to using modules in projects. The general blocker tends to be build support, but even with good build support there is a distinct lack of useful resources for practices around moving projects to using named modules (not just header units). In this blog we will take a small project I created, ...

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.
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Static Analysis Fixes, Improvements, and Updates in Visual Studio 2019 version 16.10

June 10, 2021 Jun 10, 2021 06/10/21
Jordan Maples
The C++ static analysis team is committed to making your C++ coding experience as safe as possible. We are adding richer code safety checks and addressing high impact customer feedback bugs posted on the  C++ Developer Community page. Thank you for engaging with us and giving us great feedback on the past releases and early previews leading ...
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New Static Analysis Rule for Bounds Checking

May 11, 2021 May 11, 2021 05/11/21
Jordan Maples
We have added a new experimental static analysis rule in Visual Studio 16.10 version Preview 3 - C26458, WARNING_PATH_SENSITIVE_USE_GSL_AT. The new warning is a more precise and less noisy version of warning C26446, WARNING_USE_GSL_AT. Both warnings analyse standard containers for unchecked element access and they both share the warning ...