Visual D 1.4.2-beta1

Changes:

• dmdserver: fixed error "module specified twice on command line" for same module name in different packages
• dmdserver: added support for importing C files
• added command "Reset Language Server" to extension menu
• issue #313: installer now checks whether VS and the C++ development workloads are installed and provides some assistance in installing them
• dbuild: add file imported from C to the dependencies for rebuilding
• dbuild: add option to set C include search path and C #defines

Visual D 1.4.1

changes from beta-4:

• dmdserver: do not display invalid struct size and alignment in tool tip

Visual D 1.4.1-beta4

changes from beta3:

• mago:
  • added option to select what type of property functions can be implicitly called.
  • fixed calling functions with slices or larger structs
  • improve shortened names in call stack
  • better propagate the raw option modifier (!) to expanded expressions
  • don't fail enumerating child expressions if one fails, show error for this item instead
• dmdserver: fixed intellisense on TemplateInstance!Argument

Visual D 1.4.1-beta3

Changes since beta2 mostly affect mago:

• the option "Expand strings to show array of characters" had no effect
• the call stack now displays D expression if "Parameter values" is enabled
• issue #253: mago: with option "Shorten type names and function names in call stack" module names are removed when displayed
• issue #305: mago: with option "Call property methods implicitly in expression evaluation" methods annotated with @property and without arguments are evaluated without parentheses
• format options could be erratic when executing functions for expression evaluation
• fixed selecting the zero-argument method in case of multiple overloads
• added format specifiers 'd' (decimal), 'x' (hex), '@' (evaluate function automatically)
• added a couple of caches for better responsiveness
• changed mago options are now applied with the next step in the debugger, no restart of the debug session required anymore

Visual D 1.4.1-beta2

Changes from beta1:

• issue #300: storage class adornments not updated after edits
• issue #301: mago: strip modifier from type before detecting arrays
• mago: improved stability when displaying arrays from invalid memory address
• dmdserver: fixed a couple of assertions causing the server to restart
• dmdserver: replaced new location storage to avoid leaking memory

Visual D 1.4.1-beta1

Changes from 1.4.0:

• dmdserver: updated to frontend of DMD 2.111.0
• full installer now bundled with DMD 2.111.0 and LDC 1.40.1
• updated to build with dmd-2.111
• mago: fixed display of AA key in expanded view
• issue #291: allow overriding the default compiler executable path in the VC project settings
• issue #296: VC project integration: added support to build for ARM64 with LDC

Visual D 1.4.0

changes from rc6:

• added separate version of dbuild.dll linked against Microsoft.Build.CPPTasks.Common for VS 17.14
• mago: fixed showing intellisense information in tool tip while debugging in VS2022
• mago: expression evaluator now resolves identifiers of named enumerator types
• full installer now bundled with DMD 2.110.0 and LDC 1.40.0

Visual D 1.4.0-rc6

Changes from rc5:

• now works with Visual Studio for Windows on ARM64
• installer now supports 4 parallel installations of VS 2022

Visual D 1.4.0-rc5

changes from rc4:

• fix selection of dbuild.dll for VS 17.12
• installer now supports 2 parallel installations of VS 2022

Visual D 1.4.0-rc4

Changes since rc3:

• added separate version of dbuild.dll linked against Microsoft.Build.CPPTasks.Common for VS 17.13
• mago: fixed display of tuples (currently only with LDC)
• mago: do not hide _param.. function arguments as compiler generated symbols
• mago: allow more expressions to evaluate asynchronously
• mago: the __debug function can now also be defined as free functions.