0.27.0-insiders2

Instructions

Set the "C_Cpp.updateChannel" setting to "Insiders" to auto-install the latest Insiders vsix. Or if that doesn't work (such as in the remote scenario with a version older than 0.26.3-insiders2), manually download the vsix that matches the target OS and run the "Install from VSIX" command in VS Code.

Requirements

• VS Code 1.30.0 or later.

Bug Fixes

• Fix the Open File... scenario (without a workspace folder). #5049
• Fix browsePath null reference that can occur with some configuration providers. PR #5055

Known Issues (that we plan to fix in next release)

• Extension sometimes crashes after adding multiple folders at the same time. #5059
• Extension sometimes crashes after changing color themes with a multiroot workspace. #5063
• We're investigating several other known crashes...
• Pause (break all) doesn't work when debugging on Mac. Workaround: use kill -2 <pid> to trigger the break.
• The extension can randomly get stuck while doing IntelliSense operations on Mac (not a regression compared to 0.26.3). #4989

0.27.0-insiders

Instructions

Set the "C_Cpp.updateChannel" setting to "Insiders" to auto-install the latest Insiders vsix. Or if that doesn't work (such as in the remote scenario with a version older than 0.26.3-insiders2), manually download the vsix that matches the target OS and run the "Install from VSIX" command in VS Code.

Requirements

• VS Code 1.30.0 or later.

Changes

Enhancements

• Improved multi-root implementation with a single language server process and database for the entire workspace (shared between workspace folders). Fixes most multi-root bugs.
• Update to clang-format 9.0.1 (and without shared library dependencies). #2887, #3174
• Rename language server processes to cpptools and cpptools-srv (IntelliSense process). #4364
• Add support for -iframework in compile_commands.json. #4819
• Add cpptools.setActiveConfigName command. #4870
  • @aleksey-sergey PR 4893
• Default to the bundled clang-format if its version is newer. #4963
• Include only lldb-mi for macOS.
  • Fix visualization of standard library types in lldb. #1768
  • Enable debugging support on macOS Catalina. #3829

Bug Fixes

• Fix issue in which the user is not again prompted to use a custom configuration provider if settings files have been deleted. #2346
• Fix "Unrecognized format of field "msg" in result" on macOS. #2492
• Fix IntelliSense using too much CPU when switching branches. #2806
• Fix for timeout on slow terminals while debugging. #2889
  • @Epikem PR MIEngine#965
• Fix non-localized text. #4481, #4879
• Fix issues with paths containing certain Unicode sequences on Mac. #4712
• Fix IntelliSense parsing bugs and crashes. #4717, #4798
• Fix configuration UI disabling compilerPath if no default compiler is found. #4727
• Fix issue with providing custom configurations for files specified using URIs schemes we do not recognize. #4889
• Fix failure to detect CL.exe if VS Installer files are stored on a drive other than the system drive. #4929
• Fix issue with cancellation of a Rename operation causing subsequent Find All References and Rename operations to fail. #5022

Known Issues (that we plan to fix in next release)

• The Open File... scenario is broken (without a workspace folder). #5049
• Pause (break all) doesn't work when debugging on Mac. Workaround: use kill -2 <pid> to trigger the break.
• The extension can randomly get stuck while doing IntelliSense operations on Mac (not a regression compared to 0.26.3). #4989

0.26.3

Instructions

To use the "offline" .vsix (that doesn't download OS-based dependencies on extension activation), download the .vsix that matches your OS and run the "Install from VSIX" command in VS Code.

Requirements

• VS Code 1.30.0 or later.

Changes

Bug Fixes

• IntelliSense bug fixes. #2774
• Improve memory usage in projects with a large number of files. #4714
• Fix a crash when failing to launch external executables on Linux and Mac. #3607
• Update output of C/C++: Log Diagnostics to include the correct set of defines when custom configurations or compile commands are used. #3631 #4270
• Fix Insiders channel not working on remote targets. #3874
• Fix compile_commands.json prompt appearing when a configuration provider is used. #3972
• Improve IntelliSense performance with range-v3. #4414
• Fix template members not being nested under the template type in the Outline view. #4466
• Fix an issue in which failure to invoke a compiler could result in a hang on Linux and Mac. #4627
• Fix custom configurations sometimes not being applied to headers. #4649
• Fix headers opening into header-only TU's instead of TU's for candidate source files. #4696, #3985
• Fix the missing description of C_Cpp.clang_format_style.
  • @Enna1 PR 4734
• Fix Insiders channel not auto-downgrading after an Insiders vsix is unpublished. #4760
• Fix compiler querying with more than 40 compilerArgs. #4791
• Fix an issue in which files may be unnecessarily removed from the tag parser database on startup, if using a custom configuration provider, resulting in a large number of files being reparsed. #4802
• Fix an issue in which Build and Debug Active File would fail to detect a compiler, without a compiler present in compilerPath. #4834
• Add a version check for -break-insert so later versions of lldb-mi can be used as a midebugger. MIEngine#946
• Fix clang-cl detection for system includes and defines. #4000
• Fix a bug that could cause the browse database threads to get stuck.

Enhancements

• If clang-format is found in the environment path, that version will take precedence over the copy of clang-format bundled with the extension. #3569
• When tag parsing is complete, and includer/includee relationships become available, header-only TU's will be replaced with TU's for candidate source files, if available. #4969

Known Issues

• None so far.

0.26.3-insiders4

Instructions

Set the "C_Cpp.updateChannel" setting to "Insiders" to auto-install the latest Insiders vsix. Or if that doesn't work (such as in the remote scenario prior to 0.26.3-insiders2), manually download the vsix that matches the target OS and run the "Install from VSIX" command in VS Code.

Requirements

• VS Code 1.30.0 or later.

Changes

Bug Fixes

• Update dependent modules to address a security warning due to use of a deprecated API. #4381
• Fix an issue in which files may be unnecessarily removed from the tag parser database on startup, if using a custom configuration provider, resulting in a large number of files being reparsed. #4802
• Fix an issue in which Build and Debug Active File would fail to detect a compiler, without a compiler present in compilerPath. #4834
• Fix a crash when failing to launch external executables on Linux and Mac.
• Add a version check for -break-insert so later versions of lldb-mi can be used as a midebugger. MIEngine#946

Enhancements

• If clang-format is found in the environment path, that version will take precedence over the copy of clang-format bundled with the extension. #3569

Known Issues

• None so far.

0.26.3-insiders3

Instructions

Set the "C_Cpp.updateChannel" setting to "Insiders" to auto-install the latest Insiders vsix. Or if that doesn't work (such as in the remote scenario prior to 0.26.3-insiders2), manually download the vsix that matches the target OS and run the "Install from VSIX" command in VS Code.

Requirements

• VS Code 1.30.0 or later.

Bug Fixes

• Improve memory usage in projects with a large number of files. #3326
• Fix compile_commands.json prompt appearing when a configuration provider is used. #3972
• Improve IntelliSense performance with range-v3. #4414
• Fix regression crashes. #3607, #4770
• Fix compiler querying with more than 40 compilerArgs. #4791
• Fix files being removed from the database on startup with a configuration provider. #4802
• Fix a bug that could cause the browse database threads to get stuck.

Known Issues

• None so far.

0.26.3-insiders2

Instructions

Set the "C_Cpp.updateChannel" setting to "Insiders" to auto-install the latest Insiders vsix. Or if that doesn't work (such as in the remote scenario), manually download the vsix that matches the target OS and run the "Install from VSIX" command in VS Code.

Requirements

• VS Code 1.30.0 or later.

Version 0.26.3-insiders2: December 18, 2019

Bug Fixes

• Fix IntelliSense regression crashes. #4754
• Fix Insiders channel not auto-downgrading after an Insiders vsix is unpublished. #4760
• Fix Insiders channel not working on remote targets. #3874

Version 0.26.3-insiders: December 16, 2019

Bug Fixes

• Fix clang-cl detection for system includes and defines.
• IntelliSense bug fixes. #2774
• Update output of C/C++: Log Diagnostics to include the correct set of defines when custom configurations or compile commands are used. #3631 #4270
• Fix an issue in which failure to invoke a compiler could result in a hang on Linux and Mac. #4627
• Fix template members not being nested under the template type in the Outline view. #4466
• Fix custom configurations sometimes not being applied to headers. #4649
• Fix headers opening into header-only TU's instead of TU's for candidate source files. #4696
• Fix the missing description of C_Cpp.clang_format_style.
  • @Enna1 PR 4734

Enhancements

• When tag parsing is complete, and includer/includee relationships become available, header-only TU's will be replaced with TU's for candidate source files, if available.

Known Issues

• None so far.

0.26.2

Instructions

To use the "offline" .vsix (that doesn't download OS-based dependencies on extension activation), download the .vsix that matches your OS and run the "Install from VSIX" command in VS Code.

Requirements

• VS Code 1.30.0 or later.

Changes

Enhancements

• Reworked how a source file is selected for TU creation when opening a header file. #2856
• Updated the default value of the C_Cpp.intelliSenseCachePath setting to a path under XDG_CACHE_HOME on Linux, or ~/Library/Cache on MacOS. #3979
• Reset memory usage of the IntelliSense process if it grows beyond a threshold. #4119
• Add validation that the new symbol name provided to 'Rename Symbol' is a valid identifier. Add the setting C_Cpp.renameRequiresIdentifier to allow that verification to be disabled. #4409
• Enable setting of breakpoints in CUDA sources. PR #4585
  • Paul Taylor (@trxcllnt)
• Deferred TU creation until the file is visible in the editor. This avoids the overhead of TU creation when the file is opened by VS Code internally for IntelliSense operations. #4458

Bug Fixes

• Fix child process creation when the Windows code page is set to a language with non-ASCII characters and there are non-ASCII characters in the extension's install path. #1560
• Fix path canonicalization of UNC paths to avoid duplicate files opening with different casing. #2528, #3980
• Fix an issue in which a header may be opened without IntelliSense due to creation of a TU from a source file that includes the header in an inactive region. #4320
• Fix a hang in the extension process that can occur when using a scope named 'interface'. #4470
• Fix an issue with the Rename UI that could cause the rename to not be applied. #4504
• Show an error message when a Rename fails due to the symbol not being found. #4510
• Fix an issue with launch.json creation due to localized strings containing quotes. #4526
• Fix an issue with configuration error squiggles not being applied unless the setting was set in both c_cpp_properties.json and settings.json. PR #4538
• Fix document symbol for outline view and breadcrumbs on Windows 7. #4536.
• Add support for ms-vscode.cmake-tools configurationProvider id. #4586.
• Fix an issue in which cancellation of Find All References could result in an exception. #2710
• Fix sort order of files in Find All References and Rename UI. #4615
• Fix an issue in which localized Chinese strings would not be displayed on systems with case-sensitive file systems. #4619
• Fix an issue in which files with an extention of .H were not correctly associated with C++. #4632
• Fix an issue in which -m64 or -m32 were not being passed to gcc, causing the reported system includes and system defines to not match the requested intelliSenseMode. #4635

Known Issues

• One report of a memory issue regression in the main process -- let us know if anyone has more repro info. #3326

0.26.2-insiders3

Instructions

Set the "C_Cpp.updateChannel" setting to "Insiders" to auto-install the latest Insiders vsix. Or if that doesn't work (such as in the remote scenario), manually download the vsix that matches the target OS and run the "Install from VSIX" command in VS Code.

Requirements

• VS Code 1.30.0 or later.

Changes

Bug Fixes

• Fix an issue in which a header may be opened in a TU as C instead of C++. #4632
• Fix an issue introduced in the prior insiders release in which compiler probing would fail if gcc/clang did not support x86 or x64 architectures. #4657

Known Issues

• None so far.

0.26.2-insiders2

Instructions

Set the "C_Cpp.updateChannel" setting to "Insiders" to auto-install the latest Insiders vsix. Or if that doesn't work (such as in the remote scenario), manually download the vsix that matches the target OS and run the "Install from VSIX" command in VS Code.

Requirements

• VS Code 1.30.0 or later.

Changes

Enhancements

• Deferred TU creation until the file is visible in the editor. This avoids the overhead of TU creation when the file is opened by VS Code internally for IntelliSense operations. #4458

Bug Fixes

• Fix an issue in which cancellation of Find All References could result in an exception. #2710
• Fix sort order of files in Find All References and Rename UI. #4615
• Fix an issue in which localized Chinese strings would not be displayed on systems with case-sensitive file systems. #4619
• Fix an issue in 0.26.2-insiders in which memory cleanup in the native IntelliSense process might result in a crash. #4630
• Fix an issue in which files with an extention of .H were not correctly associated with C++. #4632
• Fix an issue in which -m64 or -m32 were not being passed to gcc, causing the reported system includes and system defines to not match the requested intelliSenseMode. #4635

Known Issues

• Compiler querying fails for ARM or other non-x86/x64 compilers that don't accept -m64 or -m32. #4653

0.26.2-insiders

Instructions

Set the "C_Cpp.updateChannel" setting to "Insiders" to auto-install the latest Insiders vsix. Or if that doesn't work (such as in the remote scenario), manually download the vsix that matches the target OS and run the "Install from VSIX" command in VS Code.

Requirements

• VS Code 1.30.0 or later.

Changes

Enhancements

• Reworked how a source file is selected for TU creation when opening a header file. #2856
• Updated the default value of the C_Cpp.intelliSenseCachePath setting to a path under XDG_CACHE_HOME on Linux, or ~/Library/Cache on MacOS. #3979
• Reset memory usage of the IntelliSense process if it grows beyond a threshold. #4119
• Add validation that the new symbol name provided to 'Rename Symbol' is a valid identifier. Add the setting C_Cpp.renameRequiresIdentifier to allow that verification to be disabled. #4409
• Enable setting of breakpoints in CUDA sources. PR #4585
  • Paul Taylor (@trxcllnt)

Bug Fixes

• Fix child process creation when the Windows code page is set to a language with non-ASCII characters and there are non-ASCII characters in the extension's install path. #1560
• Fix path canonicalization of UNC paths to avoid duplicate files opening with different casing. #2528, #3980
• Fix an issue in which a header may be opened without IntelliSense due to creation of a TU from a source file that includes the header in an inactive region. #4320
• Fix a hang in the extension process that can occur when using a scope named 'interface'. #4470
• Fix an issue with the Rename UI that could cause the rename to not be applied. #4504
• Show an error message when a Rename fails due to the symbol not being found. #4510
• Fix an issue with launch.json creation due to localized strings containing quotes. #4526
• Fix an issue with configuration error squiggles not being applied unless the setting was set in both c_cpp_properties.json and settings.json. PR #4538
• Fix document symbol for outline view and breadcrumbs on Windows 7. #4536.
• Add support for ms-vscode.cmake-tools configurationProvider id. #4586.

Known Issues

• None so far.