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C/C++ for Visual Studio Code Change Log

Version 1.7.1: October 19, 2021

Bug Fixes

  • Fix an extension crash that occurred on activation while a workspace is open with no folders in it. #8280
  • Fix an issue in which configuration defaults were not properly applied. #8298

Version 1.7.0: October 13, 2021

New Features

  • Add a command to restart IntelliSense for a specific file. #3727
  • Add support for macOS app bundles #6726
  • Add support for Go To / Peek Type Definition. #7999

Enhancements

  • Detect IntelliSenseMode target architecture for cl.exe based on its path. #8044
  • In generated build tasks, add a compiler arg to cause color to be displayed in gcc/clang output in terminal. PR #8165
  • Add new configuration mergeConfigurations that enables include paths, defines, and forced includes from c_cpp_properties.json to be merged with those provided by a configuration provider.

Bug Fixes

  • Fix an issue with signature help for overloaded constructors. #1664
  • Add markdown to settings descriptions. #4544
  • Fix an IntelliSense process crash. #5584, #8110
  • Fix an issue with incorrect E0513 and E0167 IntelliSense errors. #6338
  • Fix issue with IntelliSense for anonymous members. #6412
  • Fix an issue with incorrect "no suitable user-defined conversion" errors. #6721
  • Fix some issues with punctuation in setting descriptions. #6870
  • Add descriptions for setting enum values. #7358
  • Add support for ${execPath} and ${pathSeparator} in c_cpp_properties.json. #7753
  • Move the scope of document symbols from the name (on the left) to the details (on the right). #7785
  • Fix an issue with config validation of Force Include values. #7822
  • Fix an issue related to arg parsing in build tasks. #7891
  • Add a check when cppbuild task is used when the active file is not a source file. #7892
  • Fix a cpptools crash #8055
  • Fix issue "LogPoint stopped working v1.6.0". #8065
  • Fix issue "Debugger won't read/write from/to stdio". #8075
  • Fix an issue with VC 14.0 headers not being found. #8078
  • Fix an issue with CUDA support with compile_commands.json. #8091
  • Fix an issue with /kernel arg to cl.exe for C files. #8158
  • Fix an issue where inactive regions no longer dimmed after switching between open files. #8206

Version 1.6.0: August 24, 2021

New Features

  • Added support for standard .editorconfig entries when using vcFormat. #7920
  • Debug Step Granularity for cppdbg MIEngine#1169
    • Thank you for the contribution @Trass3r
  • InstructionBreakpoints for cppdbg MIEgnine#1192

Enhancements

  • Debugger now runs on .NET 5 #7858
  • When using the Default setting for C_Cpp.formatting, vcFormat will now be selected if a .editorconfig file is found with vcFormat entries and no .clang-format file was found with nearer proximity to the source file. #7929

Bug Fixes

  • Fix incorrect sizeof for packed structs (gcc/clang) #5267
  • Fix designated initializers not working at file scope. #6316
  • Fix an IntelliSense crash on template code. #7349
  • Rank existence of a custom configuration higher than filename similarity and path proximity, when choosing a TU source for a header #7396
  • Fix an IntelliSense crash when the display language is set to Italian. #7685
  • Enable the C++ status bar items to be selectively disabled. #7700
  • Fix an issue causing incorrect color selection for semantic tokens. #7773
  • Fix some cl.exe and clang installations not being detected. #7767 #7795 #7800
  • Fix an issue with recursive includes not found. #7783
  • Fix an issue with code folding of single-line blocks. #7809
  • Fix a typo in a localized string. #7823
  • Add open file parsing status when hovering over the database icon. PR #7831
  • Fix an issue with IntelliSense flame icon getting stuck on. #7838
  • Fix an issue with character position after include completion. #7856
  • Fix wrong version of clang-format being used in multi-root workspaces. #7870
  • Fix issue with setting of MS extensions when -fms-extensions is used. #7886
  • Fix an issue with support detection on Android. #7906
  • Fix a bug with handling of "C_Cpp.vcFormat.newLine.beforeOpenBrace.block": "newLine". #7926
  • Fix Disassembly view is blank on linux #7960
  • Fix an issue with cppdbg debugging on Windows x64. #7971
  • Fix an issue with VS <execution> header causing IntelliSense process crash. #7972
  • Fix insiders update install loop for remote scenarios. #8000
  • Fix MacOS unable to use external terminal to debug #8008

Version 1.5.1: July 9, 2021

Bug Fixes

  • cppvsdbg Debugging becomes no-op between 1.4.1 and 1.5.0 #7808

Version 1.5.0: July 8, 2021

New Feature

  • Add the "Inline macro" code action. #4183
  • Add a Windows ARM64 debugger. PR #7798

Enhancements

  • Add auto-detection of clang compilers on Windows (and different versions of cl.exe). #6718
  • Stop adding .cu files to files.associations (switch to using setTextDocumentLanguage). #7359
  • Add "Symbol Options" for CppVsdbg to configure symbol settings PR #7680
  • Update CppVsdbg to use newer CppEE and msdia.

Bug Fixes

  • Fix switch header/source not checking files.exclude. #4429
  • Fix code folding causing } else if lines to be hidden. #5521
  • Add abort handling to recursive includes directory iteration. #6461
  • Fix include completion with recursive includes in header files. #6842
  • Add the get-task-allow entitlement to macOS binaries to enable call stacks to be obtained when SIP is enabled. #7412
  • Fix Find All References reporting certain references in headers as inactive. #7609
  • Fix IntelliSense process crash and tag parser failure with columns > 65535. #7621
  • Fix incorrect localization translations.
  • Fix autocompleteAddParentheses for some template argument deduction cases. #7626
  • Fix some incorrect IntelliSense errors. #6639, #7630
  • Change references of "OS X" to "macOS".
  • Prevent the root path from being added to the browse.path. #7648
  • Fix a configuration squiggle when ${workspaceFolder} is used with compilerPath. #7649
  • Fix an issue causing editorConfig not to be used or cached. PR #7666
  • Fix document symbols nesting with templates. #7673
  • Fix include paths not being found when the paths start with /D or /I. #7701, #7757
  • Fix Find All References on a global variable giving incorrect references to local variables. #7702
  • Fix vcFormat not working near the end of the file with UTF-8 characters > 1 byte. #7704
  • Fix a configuration squiggle for a recursively resolved forcedInclude. PR #7722
  • Fix Build and Debug Active File for certain file extensions (.cu, .cp, etc.).
  • Fix browse.path being incorrect if an invalid compileCommands is set. #7737
  • Fix an incorrect error message when C_Cpp.errorSquiggles is "Enabled". #7744
  • Fix compiler querying sometimes not working with Cygwin. #7751
  • Fix a duplicate IntelliSense update when a new C/C++ file is opened and after switching from a non-C/C++ file and back.
  • Fix a potential IntelliSense process crash on shutdown.

Version 1.4.1: June 8, 2021

Bug Fixes

  • Fix the configuration UI sometimes not populating initially with VS Code 1.56 or later. #7641

Version 1.4.0: May 27, 2021

New Features

  • Add a C++ walkthrough to the "Getting Started" page. #7273
    • Note: VS Code may only make this available to a subset of users while they continue working on the feature.

Enhancements

  • Update to clang-format 12. #6434
  • Add private or protected scope labels to class symbols. #7120
  • Fix file:line path for $FILEPOS #7193
  • Add stopAtConnect and hardwareBreakpoints launch options PR #7449
    • stopAtConnect stops the debugger on connection to a remote target PR MIEngine#1109
    • hardwareBreakpoints controls usage and number of remote hardware breakpoints PR MIEngine#1128
  • Add support for loading Concord extensions to the cppvsdbg debug adapter (see documentation for more information)
  • Add support for exception conditions to cppvsdbg (see documentation for more information)

Bug Fixes

  • Fix an incorrect IntelliSense error with object initialization. #3212
  • Fix IntelliSense errors with designated initializers. #3491, #5500
  • Fix IntelliSense configuration with cl.exe compiler args /external:I, /Zc:preprocessor, and others. #4980, #6531, #7259
  • Switch to showing no document symbols instead of random symbols for files.exclude'd documents. #5142
  • Fix macros getting undefined when duplicate #include are used. #5182, #7270
  • Fix provider failed error logging. #5487
  • Fix an IntelliSense crash with #pragma GCC target. #6698, #7377
  • Fix bitness detection for compilers targeting esp32. #7034
  • Fix -idirafter directories being included too early. #7129
  • Fix issue with the cpptools process lingering when no longer needed. #7262
  • Filter out C++ std when querying the compiler as C (and vice versa). #7269
  • Fix files.exclude ending with /folder/** not excluding /folder. #7331
  • Fix VS Code UI freezing when hovering over very large literals. #7334, #7577
  • Fix clang-format formatting bug when new lines are removed. #7360
  • Change default cwd in launch.json to ${fileDirname}. #7362
    • Syed Ahmad (@HackintoshwithUbuntu) PR #7363
  • Fix the compile commands entry not being used when -Werror is used. #7388
  • Fix some potential race conditions during vsix installation. #7405
  • Fix completion at the end of a file. #7472
  • Fix completion of constructors. #7505
  • Fix typos.
  • Fix an IntelliSense crash with the arrow library. #7518
  • Fix the configuration UI randomly being blank (more frequently when remote). #7523
  • Fix IntelliSense mode switching from linux to macos if __unix__ is defined but __linux__ is not. #7525
  • Fix enabling of the ms_extensions flag for clang on Windows. #7529
  • Fix autocompleteAddParentheses with no argument const/non-const overloads and deduction guides. #7540, #7541
  • Fix the browse configuration not being preserved when the configuration provider is auto-detected. #7542
  • Fix clang-format failure on macOS 10.13 or older. #7561
  • Fix an IntelliSense crash with std::ranges::unique. #7576
  • Prevent 'Configuration Warnings' output when a custom configuration provider omits optional fields.
  • Prevent 'Configuration Warnings' caused by corrections to auto-detected default configuration values.
  • Reduce IntelliSense memory and CPU usage in certain scenarios (e.g. large files).
  • Fix a crash on Linux with a /** includePath.

Version 1.3.1: April 19, 2021

Bug Fixes

  • Fix extension not activating when /.vscode/c_cpp_properties.json exists but no C/C++ file is open. #7344
  • Fix logging for an invalid provider configuration.
  • Fix extension activation with 32-bit Windows. #7368

Version 1.3.0: April 13, 2021

New Features

  • Add language service support for CUDA.
  • Add highlighting of matching conditional preprocessor statements. #2565
  • Add commands for navigating to matching preprocessor directives in conditional groups. #4779
  • Add native language service binaries for ARM64 Mac. #6595

Enhancements

  • Add parentheses to function calls when C_Cpp.autocompleteAddParentheses is true. #882
  • Add @retval support to the simplified view of doc comments. #6816
  • Add auto-closing of include completion brackets. #7054
  • Add support for nodeAddonIncludes with Yarn PnP.
  • Add a C_Cpp.files.exclude setting, which is identical to files.exclude except items aren't excluded from the Explorer view. PR #7285

Bug Fixes

  • Display integer values for char and unsigned char on hover instead of character symbols. #1552
  • Fix directory iteration to check files.exclude and symlinks and use less memory. #3123, #4206, #6864
  • Fix an issue with stale IntelliSense due to moving or renaming header files. #3849
  • Fix go to definition on large macros. #4306
  • Fix a spurious asterisk being inserted on a new line if the previous line starts with an asterisk. #5733
  • Fix bug with placement new on Windows with gcc mode. #6246
  • Fix size_t and placement new squiggles with clang on Windows. #6573, #7106
  • Fix an incorrect IntelliSense error squiggle when assigning to std::variant in clang mode. #6623
  • Fix incorrect squiggle with range-v3 library. #6639
  • Fix incorrect squiggle with auto parameters. #6714
  • Fix (reimplement) nested document symbols. #6830, #7023, #7024
  • Fix detection of bitness for compilers targeting esp32. #7034
  • Fix include completion not working after creating a new header with a non-standard extension until a reload is done. #6987, #7061
  • Fix endless CPU/memory usage in cpptools-srv when certain templated type aliases are used. #7085
  • Fix "No symbols found" sometimes occurring when a document first opens. #7103
  • Fix vcFormat formatting after typing brackets and a newline. #7125
  • Fix a performance bug after formatting a document. #7159
  • Fix random crashes of cpptools-srv during shutdown. #7161
  • Fix a bug with relative "." paths in compile commands. #7221
  • Fix configuration issues with Unreal Engine projects. #7222
  • Fix bug when ${workspaceFolder} is used in compileCommands. #7241
    • Aleksa Pavlovic (@aleksa2808) PR #7242
  • Fix field requirements for custom configurations. PR #7295
  • Fix integrity hash checking of downloaded packages for the extension. PR #7300
  • Fix a bug preventing successful validation and receipt of browse configurations from custom configuration providers. PR# 7131
  • Fix a potential crash when editing at the end of a document.
  • Fix "Configure Task" selection to show root folder names for multiroot workspace PR #7315

Version 1.2.2: February 25, 2021

Bug Fixes

  • Fix IntelliSense errors with variable length arrays with C Clang mode. #6500
  • Fix for random IntelliSense communication failures on Mac. #6809, #6958
  • Fix an extension activation failure when a non-existent folder exists in the workspace. #6981
  • Fix infinite loops during document symbol processing. #6988, #7012, #7022, #7025
  • Fix a regression with handling of -isysroot/--sysroot compiler arguments. #6992
  • Fix issue querying certain compilers, including armclang and arm-poky-linux-musleabi-gcc. #7021
  • Fix invalid "console" property when generating a "cppdbg" task. #7048

Version 1.2.1: February 16, 2021

Bug Fixes

  • Fix Switch Header/Source in two cases when symlinks are in the path. #6855
  • Fix clang-format FixNamespaceComments default. #6894
  • Fix an issue with querying certain compilers for system defines and system includes #6898
  • Fix an issue preventing detection of default target and default language standard of Cygwin and WSL compilers. #6902
  • Fix an issue with detection of Apple Clang. #6916
  • Fix endless memory usage (or a crash) with certain code. #6940
  • Fix "format after newline" with vcFormat. #6942
  • Fix compiler querying with -Xclang and -include-pch arguments. #6944
  • Switch to the signed LLDB-MI on Mac 10.14 or newer with the online vsix. #6945

Version 1.2.0: February 2, 2021

New Features

  • Add support for cross-compilation configurations for IntelliSense. For example, intelliSenseMode value "linux-gcc-x64" could be used on a Mac host machine. #1083

Enhancements

  • Show configuration squiggles when configurations with the same name exist. #3412
  • Add C_Cpp.addNodeAddonIncludePaths setting to add include paths from nan and node-addon-api when they're dependencies. #4854
    • Bruce MacNaughton (@bmacnaughton) PR #67331
  • Add command Generate EditorConfig contents from VC Format settings. #6018
  • Update to clang-format 11.1. #6326
  • Add clang-format built for Windows ARM64. #6494
  • Add support for the /await flag with msvc IntelliSense. #6596
  • Increase document/workspace symbol limit from 1000 to 10000. #6766
  • Add new "console" launch config for cppvsdbg. PR #6794

Bug Fixes

  • Fix handling of --sysroot and -isysroot with compileCommands. #1575
  • Fix IntelliSense not updating if a non-opened header is changed. #1780
  • Fix IntelliSense involving overflow for unsigned int values. #2202
  • Fix IntelliSense not switching the language mode after changing C versus C++ files.associations. #2557
  • Fix Switch Header/Source not switching to an existing file in another column if it's not visible. #2667, #6749
  • Fix autocomplete not working with for loop variables with C code. #2946
  • Fix #include completion not sorting _ last. #3465
  • Fix completion not working for templates in gcc/clang mode. #3501
  • Fix crash when certain JavaScript files are parsed as C++. #3858
  • Fix IntelliSense squiggle about not being able to assign to an object of its own type. #3883
  • Fix hover and Find All References for template function overloads. #4044, #4249
  • Fix the Outline view for nested namespaces. #4456
  • Fix some IntelliSense parsing errors. #4595, #6362, #6685
  • Fix Outline view with"**/.*" in files.exclude. #4602
  • Fix build tasks errors in single file mode. #4638, #6764
  • Fix the Outline view for nested structs/classes. #4781
  • Fix files.exclude not applying to watched files handlers. #5141
  • Fix code folding incorrectly matching an inactive }. #5429
  • Fix IntelliSense Clang version for Apple Clang. #5500
  • Fix hover doc comments not working if there's a selection. #5635, #6583
  • Fix #include completion to include results for non-standard header file extensions. #5698
  • Fix clang-format failing due to missing libtinfo5 on Linux ARM/ARM64. #5958
  • Automatically configure to use a custom configuration provider if available and no other configuration exists. #6150
  • Fix not being able to attach to cpptools and cpptools-srv on Mac (to get crash call stacks). #6151, #6736
  • Fix IntelliSense crashing with cl.exe with C++20 and span. #6251
  • Stop querying unsupported compilers. #6314
  • Fix an entry not found error for files in compile_commands.json that didn't initially exist. #6311
  • Fix IntelliSense errors with C++20 std::ranges in gcc/clang modes. #6342
  • Add a workaround for a missing compiler path for the compile_commands.json generated by Unreal Engine. #6358
  • Fix IntelliSense crash with coroutines. #6363
  • Add localized strings for cppbuild tasks. #6436
  • Fix IntelliSense squiggle with C++20 non-type templates. #6462
  • Fix compilerArgs processing with -MF and other multi-arg arguments. #6478
  • Fix bug causing Unable to read process.env.HOME. #6468
  • Fix gcc problem matcher when the column is missing.
  • Disable Insiders prompt for Codespaces. #6491
  • Fix compile_commands.json not working correctly for *.C files. #6497
  • Show an error message when gdb can't be found when generating a launch.json (instead of using an invalid miDebuggerPath). #6511
  • Fix IntelliSense not supporting __float128 (and Q literals) on x64 Linux. #6574
  • Fix IntelliSense crash with a parenthesized type followed by an initializer list. #6554, #6624
  • Fix IntelliSense updating after pasting multi-line code. #6565
  • Use "method" instead of "member" for semantic tokens. #6569
  • Fix __builtin_coro_* methods not recognized by IntelliSense in gcc mode with -fcoroutines. #6575
  • Fix the else snippet interfering with entering one line else statements. #6582
  • Stop showing an "unknown error" message after canceling the creation of a launch.json. #6608
  • Fix potential extension activation delay. #6630
  • Fix the executed command not appearing with cppbuild tasks. #6647
  • Fix IntelliSense crash on Mac due to IPCH file corruption. #6673
  • Fix _Debug not being defined when /MDd or /MTd are used. #6690
  • Fix infinite IntelliSense processing when C++20, gcc mode, and -fcoroutines and used. #6709
  • Allow the extension to run on M1 Macs. #6713
  • Fix IntelliSense errors when "module" is used as a variable name with C++20. #6719
  • Fix . to -> completion with multiple cursors. #6720
  • Fix bug with configured cl.exe path not being used to choose appropriate system include paths, or cl.exe not being used at all if it's not also installed via the VS Installer. #6746
  • Fix bugs with parsing of quotes and escape sequences in compiler args. #6761
  • Fix the configuration not showing in the status bar when c_cpp_properties.json is active. #6765
  • Fix compiler querying with compilers that do not output __STD_VERSION__ by default (gcc <= 4.8.x). #6792
  • Fix document symbols when nested symbols have the same name as a parent. #6830
  • Fix automatic adding of header files to files.associations after Go to Definition on a #include. #6845
  • Fix "Insiders" updateChannel for VS Code - Exploration. #6875
  • Fix "D" command line warnings not appearing with cl.exe cppbuild build tasks.
  • Fix cl.exe cppbuild tasks when /nologo is used (and make /nologo a default arg).
  • Fix a cpptools crash and multiple deadlocks.

Version 1.1.3: December 3, 2020

Bug Fixes

  • Disable the "join Insiders" prompt for Linux CodeSpaces. #6491
  • Fix "shell" tasks giving error "Cannot read property includes of undefined". #6538
  • Fix various task variables not getting resolved with cppbuild tasks. #6538
  • Fix warnings not appearing with cppbuild tasks. #6556
  • Fix endless CPU/memory usage if the cpptools process crashes. #6603
  • Fix the default cwd for cppbuild tasks. #6618

Version 1.1.2: November 17, 2020

Bug Fixes

  • Fix resolution of ${fileDirname} with cppbuild tasks. #6386

Version 1.1.1: November 9, 2020

Bug Fixes

  • Fix cpptools binaries sometimes not getting installed on Windows. #6453

Version 1.1.0: November 5, 2020

New Features

  • Add language server support for Windows ARM64 (no debugging yet). #5583
  • [cppdbg] Debugger Protocol Updates:
  • [cppdbg] Support new SourceFileMap schema PR #6319

Enhancements

  • Add support to run c/cpp build tasks. #3674, #5270, #5285
    • Tasks: Configure Task
    • Tasks: Run Build Task
    • C/C++: Build and debug active file.
  • Add logging around compiler querying, and the "C/C++ Configuration Warnings" output channel. #5259
  • Add compile commands info to Log Diagnostics. #5761
  • Add intelliSenseUpdateDelay setting. #6142
  • Enable support for specifying a compiler by only the filename if it's in the environment path. #6179
  • Restart the IntelliSense process if its memory usage exceeds the C_Cpp.intelliSenseMemoryLimit setting. #6230
  • [cppdbg] Stepping out of a function will display '$ReturnValue'.
  • [cppdbg] Support composite expressions in natvis ArrayItems
  • Add handling of the "-ansi" compiler arg when querying gcc/clang compilers.
  • Add support for inferring the IntelliSenseMode based on the "--target" compiler arg.
  • Add support for inferring the C standard based on new c11/c17 language standard args for cl.exe.
  • Allow custom config providers to omit IntelliSenseMode and C/C++ language standard, enabling them to be inferred from the compilerPath and compilerArgs.

Bug Fixes

  • Change macOS Framework searching to only parse the "Current" framework folder when the "Headers" folder is not found. #2046
  • Show the compiler path in the Build and Debug Active File dropdown. #4278
  • Fix incorrect signature help active argument with multiple template parameters. #4786
  • Fix bug with directories not getting created for browse.databaseFilename. #5181
  • Allow the debug configuration to wait for the preLaunchTask to complete before continuing on and resolving environment variables or processes that may have been set in the 'tasks.json'. #5287
  • Change the Windows SDK detection to require the shared, ucrt, and um folders. #5817
  • Fix issues with IntelliSense for clang-cl.exe. #6075
  • Fix "Comments are not permitted in JSON" error when c_cpp_properties.json is open but not active. #6132
  • Rename the C language standard setting values from c18 and gnu18 to c17 and gnu17. #6105
  • Add more IntelliSense support for std ranges, concepts, and modules exports (__cpp_lib_concepts is now enabled). #6173
  • Add "-fnoblocks" when querying clang on Mac, as IntelliSense does not currently support blocks. #6189
  • Fix clang-format on 32-bit Windows. #6195
  • Fix incorrect formatting results when clang-format removes duplicate includes. #6205
  • Fix a case where the main process could get stuck. #6207
  • Fix C files being treated as C++ files with compile_commands.json. #6279
  • Fix Build and Debug Active File race condition with EngineLogs. #6304
  • Fix changes to some c_cpp_properties.json properties not taking effect (until a reload) if compileCommands is set. #6332
  • Fix issue with compiler querying not handling various clang command line options correctly. #6356, #6359
  • Fix multiroot workspace tag parsing when compileCommands is set. #6383
  • Fix mingw32 compilers not being detected. #6394
  • Various bug fixes for vcFormat. PR #6408
  • Fix issue causing zh-cn and zh-tw language files not to be used. PR #6418
  • Fix the handling of various compiler arg pairs when querying compilers.
  • Avoid parsing entries in compile_commands.json for file types that we do not support.
  • Fixed an issue in which only C or C++ system headers were added to the browse path, rather than both.
  • Fix issue causing some localized messages to be displayed incorrectly.
  • Fixed issue with shipping an older version of vsdbg in offline packages.

Other Contributions

  • Refactoring provider classes.
    • Abhishek Pal (@devabhishekpal) PR #5998

Version 1.0.1: September 21, 2020

Bug Fixes

  • Fix "No IL available" IntelliSense error on Linux/macOS when #error directives are present in the source code. #6009, #6114
  • Fix issue on Windows with the language server not shutting down properly which causes the IntelliSense database to become corrupted. PR #6141
  • Fix "No IL available" IntelliSense error when predefined macros are undefined. #6147
  • Fix infinite loop IntelliSense regression. #6166

Version 1.0.0: September 14, 2020

New Features

  • Support non-UTF-8 file encodings (GBK, UTF-16, etc.), excluding files.autoGuessEncoding support. #414
  • Support for running the extension on Linux ARM devices (armhf/armv7l and aarch64/arm64), using remoting. #429, #2506
  • Add the vcFormat option to C_Cpp.formatting (with C_Cpp.vcFormat.* options) to enable VS-style formatting (instead of clang-format formatting). #657
    • Add support for vcFormat settings in .editorconfig files. PR #5932

Enhancements

  • Improve the download and installation progress bar. #1961
  • Add error codes and the "C/C++" source to IntelliSense errors. #2345
  • Add support for /Zc:__cplusplus in compilerArgs for cl.exe. #2595
  • Search for compilerPath in the PATH environment variable. #3078, #5908
  • Validate crypto signatures of binaries we download. #5268
  • Add link to the documentation in the configuration UI. #5875
    • Abhishek Pal (@devabhishekpal) PR #5991
  • Allow comments, trailing commas, etc. in c_cpp_properties.json #5885
  • Prevent comments from being removed from json files when the extension modifies them.
  • Add diagnostics on potentially conflicting recursive includes to C/C++: Log Diagnostics, i.e. if a workspace uses files with the same name as system headers. #6009
  • Add workspace parsing diagnostics. #6048
  • Add wmain snippet on Windows. #6064
  • More C++20 support.

Bug Fixes

  • Fix member completion in C code after an operator is used in an expression. #2184
  • Fix extension not creating tasks.json if the .vscode folder doesn’t exist. #4280
  • Fix installation of clang-format 10 with the online vsix. #5194
  • Get the compiler type to determine if it's Clang when querying for default compiler so that the correct default intelliSenseMode is set. #5352
  • Get the default language standard of the compiler and use that std version if no version is specified. #5579
  • Fix configuration.includePath to only add the defaultFolder when the default includePath is set. #5621
  • Fix an IntelliSense crash when using C++20 on Linux. #5727
  • Get the default target of the compiler. If the default target is ARM/ARM64, do not use the generic "--target" option to determine bitness. #5772
  • Fix compilerArgs not being used if no compilerPath is set. #5776
  • Fix an incorrect IntelliSense error squiggle. #5783
  • Fix semantic colorization and inactive regions for multiroot workspaces. #5812, #5828
  • Fix bug with cl.exe flags /FU and /FI not being processed. #5819
  • Fix cStandard being set to c11 instead of gnu18 with gcc. #5834
  • Fix Doxygen parameterHint comment to display for a parameter name that is followed by colon. #5836
  • Fix compiler querying when relative paths are used in compile_commands.json. #5848
  • Fix the compile commands compiler not being used if C_Cpp.default.compilerPath is set. #5848
  • Fix Doxygen comment to escape markdown characters. #5904
  • Remove keyword completion of C identifiers that are defined in headers and aren't keywords (e.g. alignas). #6022
  • Fix error message with Build and Debug Active File. #6071
  • Restore fallback to the base configuration if a custom configuration provider does not provide a configuration for a file and does not provide compiler info in a custom browse configuration.
  • Fix a bug that could cause the extension to delay processing a newly opened file until any outstanding IntelliSense operations are complete, if using a custom configuration provider.
  • Fix a bug with incorrect configuration of a file when using a custom configuration provider and no custom configuration is available for that file. This now falls back to the compiler info received from the configuration provider with the browse configuration.
  • Fix a bug in which making a modification to c_cpp_properties.json could result in custom configurations for currently open files being discarded and not re-requested.

Potentially Breaking Changes

  • Settings commentContinuationPatterns, enhancedColorization, and codeFolding are no longer available in per-Folder settings (only Workspace or higher settings). PR #5830
  • Fix compile command arguments not being used when compilerPath is set (so the compile command arguments need to be compatible now).
  • If a non-matching intelliSenseMode was being used, such as clang-x64 with a gcc ARM compiler, then we may auto-fix it internally, which may cause changes to IntelliSense behavior.

Known Issues

  • Using clang-format on ARM may require installing libtinfo5. #5958

Version 0.29.0: July 15, 2020

New Features

  • Add Doxygen comment support (to tooltip display of hover, completion, and signature help). #658
    • The way comments are formatted is controlled by the C_Cpp.simplifyStructuredComments setting.
  • Auto-convert . to -> when the type is a pointer. #862
  • Switch to using the VS Code Semantic Tokens API for semantic colorization (works with remoting). PR #5401, #3932, #3933, #3942
  • Add support for LogMessage Breakpoints for debug type cppdbg. MIEngine#1013

Enhancements

  • Automatically add "${default}" to the default includePath in c_cpp_properties.json if C_Cpp.default.includePath is set. #3733
  • Add configuration provider logging to C/C++: Log Diagnostics. #4826
  • Add support for the Debug Welcome Panel. #4837
  • Update to clang-format 10. #5194
  • Add system to store and query properties from the active C/C++ configuration.
  • Add quoteArgs to launch.json schema. PR #5639
  • Add logs for a resolved launch.json if "engineLogging" is enabled. PR #5644
  • Add threadExit and processExit logging flags for 'cppvsdbg'. PR #5652

Bug Fixes

  • Fix IntelliSense when using "import_" in a variable name. #5272
  • Add localization support for autocomplete and hover text. #5370
  • Some updateChannel fixes. PR #5465
  • Fix wrong language standard used with compile commands. #5498
  • Fix issue with defines and includes not being handled correctly in compilerPath or compilerArgs. #5512
  • Add gcc/gcc-10 compiler detection. #5540
  • Fix --target compiler arg getting overridden. #5557
    • Matt Schulte (@schultetwin1)
  • Fix Find All References and Rename when multiple references are on the same line. #5568
  • Fix IntelliSense process crashes. #5584, #5629
  • Fix an add/remove workspace folder crash. #5591
  • Fix default build tasks failing on Windows if the compiler isn't on the PATH. #5604
  • Fix updating files.associations and .C files being associated with C instead of C++. #5618
  • Fix IntelliSense malfunction when RxCpp is used. #5619
  • Fix an incorrect IntelliSense error. #5627
  • Ignore "screen size is bogus" error when debugging. PR #5669
    • nukoyluoglu (@nukoyluoglu)
  • Fix compile_commands.json sometimes not updating. #5687
  • Add msys2 clang compilers to the compiler search list (previously only gcc was handled). #5697
  • Fix extension getting stuck when an "@" response file that doesn't end with ".rsp" is used in compilerArgs. #5731
  • Fix forced includes not handled properly when parsed as compiler args. #5738
  • Fix potential thread deadlock in cpptools.
  • Fix copying a long value from debug watch results in pasting partial value #5470
  • Fix Modifying conditional breakpoints #2297
  • Fix find .exe in Windows path #3076

Version 0.28.3: June 9, 2020

Enhancements

  • Update version of vscode-cpptools API to 4.0.1 PR #5624

Version 0.28.2: June 1, 2020

Regression Bug Fixes

  • Fix string arrays in env not being joined properly. #5509
  • Fix shell being used as the C/C++ build task source instead of C/C++. vscode-docs#3724

Other Bug Fixes

  • Fix problemMatcher not being added to C/C++ build tasks. #3295
  • Fix /usr/bin being used as the default cwd (instead of ${workspaceFolder}) for C/C++ build tasks. #4761
  • Fix processing of quoted arguments with spaces in compilerPath. PR #5513
  • Fix inconsistent task label and preLaunchTask being used for C/C++ build tasks. #5561

Version 0.28.1: May 20, 2020

Bug Fixes

  • Fix errors not appearing after switching between a WSL and non-WSL config on Windows. #5474
  • Fix cpptools crash when gcc is not in $PATH in a Docker container. #5484
  • Fix top IntelliSense crash regression. #5486
  • Fix squiggles appearing too soon (while typing). #5531

Version 0.28.0: May 12, 2020

New Features

  • Add C/C++ language-aware code folding. #407
  • Add GNU (and C17) language standard options. #2782
  • Add ARM and ARM64 IntelliSense modes. #4271, PR #5250

Enhancements

  • Change the gcc problem matcher to use autoDetect for fileLocation . #1915
  • Add support for IntelliSense-based Go to Definition on #include statements. #2564
  • Support relative paths with forcedInclude. #2780
  • Make the Visual Studio formatting style respect the C++ standard (e.g. > > for C++03 or earlier). #3578
  • Add support for more C++20 features, such as concepts (not 100% complete yet). #4195
  • Process the "std" and bitness (-m64/-m32) compiler args. #4726
  • Switch from our custom Rename UI to VS Code's Refactor Preview. #4990

Bug Fixes

  • Fix browse.path not getting set correctly when compileCommands is used. #1163
  • Fix an issue with squiggle updates not occurring when a dependent file is created, deleted, or renamed. #3670
  • Fix temporary VSIX files not getting deleted after installation #3923
  • Process "$CPATH" on non-Windows OS's. #3940
  • Fix missing include message when a configuration provider is used. #3971
  • Change machine-dependent settings to use remote settings instead of user settings. #4121
  • Fix compiler querying for compilers that output non-English strings. #4542
  • Fix compiler querying when the '-include' argument is used. #4655
  • Fix the "Unable to load schema" error for c_cpp_properties.json. #4841
  • Change "Visual Studio" clang_format_fallback_style setting to use NamespaceIndentation All. #5124
  • Fix "C++98" and "C++0x" modes. #5157, #5225
  • Improve the error message for multiroot projects using compile_commands.json. #5160
  • Fix some cpptools process crashes. #5280
  • Avoid <…> truncation on hover. #5291
  • Fix incorrect translations. PR #5300
  • Fix cpptools auto-restarting after a crash. #5303
  • Fix incorrect c_cpp_properties.json squiggles. #5314, #5322
  • Fix error The task provider for "C/C++" tasks unexpectedly provided a task of type "shell". #5388
  • Fix compilerPath set to "" not working. #5392
  • Fix IntelliSense sometimes not working on a header file (or giving "Cannot Confirm Reference") if an existing TU is chosen that doesn't actually contain the header file.
  • Fix random crashes after a settings change.
  • Fix redundant squiggle updates.

Version 0.27.1: April 28, 2020

Bug Fix

  • Disable Insiders updateChannel for 32-bit Linux and VS Code older than 1.43.0.

Version 0.27.0: March 30, 2020

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
  • Add new setting C_Cpp.debugger.useBacktickCommandSubstitution to fix debugging when CShell is the remote default shell. #4015
  • 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
  • Default to the bundled clang-format if its version is newer. #4963
  • Add URI's to the debug logging for messages (e.g. fileChanged). #5062
  • Use lldb-mi for macOS Mojave or newer.
    • Fix visualization of standard library types in lldb. #1768
    • Enable debugging support on macOS Catalina. #3829
  • Support '`' in addition to '-exec' for sending gdb commands PR MIEngine#967

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
  • 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 Outline view not updating fast enough after switching branches. #4894
  • Fix failure to detect CL.exe if VS Installer files are stored on a drive other than the system drive. #4929
  • Fix extension randomly getting stuck while communicating with the IntelliSense process on Mac. #4989
  • Fix completion results appearing after numeric literals. #5019
  • Fix issue with cancellation of a Rename operation causing subsequent Find All References and Rename operations to fail. #5022
  • Fix some settings not being editable in the UI. PR #5126
  • Fix cpp_properties.json error squiggles not appearing. #5131
  • Fix search.exclude not applying if there are > 1 symbols matching in the excluded file. #5152
  • Fix tag parsing not working on Windows 7 without SP1. #5155
  • Fix updateChannel being settable per-workspace. PR #5185
  • Fix opened files external to the workspace folder being removed from the database during loading. #5190
  • Fix invalid c_cpp_properties.json and configuration UI warning Compiler path with spaces and arguments is missing double quotes. #5215
  • Fix environment variables used for the RunInTerminal Request. MIEngine#979
  • Fix a race condition that could cause the Outline, Find All References, etc. to stop working.

Version 0.26.3: January 22, 2020

Bug Fixes

  • IntelliSense bug fixes. #2774
  • Improve memory usage in projects with a large number of files. #3326
  • 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 loss of functionality 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
  • Fix the missing description of C_Cpp.clang_format_style.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Version 0.26.2: December 2, 2019

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.
  • 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 header opening without IntelliSense due to creation of a TU from a source file that includes the header in an inactive region. #4320
  • Fix an infinite loop 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 launch.json creation due to localized strings containing quotes. #4526
  • Fix 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 cancellation of Find All References sometimes resulting in an exception. #2710
  • Fix the sort order of files in the Find All References and Rename UI's. #4615
  • Fix localized Chinese strings not displaying on systems with case-sensitive file systems. #4619
  • Fix files with an extention of .H not correctly associating with C++. #4632
  • Fix -m64 or -m32 not being passed to gcc, causing the reported system includes and system defines to not match the requested intelliSenseMode. #4635

Version 0.26.1: October 28, 2019

Bug Fixes

  • Fix launch.json creation when using non-English display languages. #4464
  • Fix CHS translation. #4422
  • Fix debugging not working when Windows 10 Beta Unicode (UTF-8) support is enabled. #1527

Version 0.26.0: October 15, 2019

New Features

  • Add localization support (translated text) via Configure Display Language. #7
  • Add Rename Symbol with a pending rename UI. #296, PR #4277
  • Add support for navigation breadcrumbs and nested symbols in the Outline view (and removed the Navigation status bar item). #2230
  • Add support for C++/CX (/ZW, /ZW:nostdlib, /FI, /FU, and /AI compiler arguments). #3039
  • Add a tree view UI for the other C++ references results. #4079

Enhancements

  • App support for .rsp files in compile_commands.json. #1718
  • Add support for SymbolLoadInfo to launch.json. #3324
  • Enable ${workspaceFolder} in compilerPath and compilerArgs. #3440
  • Add support for parsing more file types by default. #3567
  • Move status icons to the left to minimize shifting and change the red flame to use the foreground color. #4198

Bug Fixes

  • Fix querying of non-ENU compilers. #2874
  • Fix IntelliSense error with constexpr const char* s[] = { "" }. #2939
  • Add support for C++20 designated initializers for cl and gcc. #3491
  • Fix Find All References not confirming references of method overrides in an inheritance hierarchy. #4078
  • Fix missing references on the last line. #4150
  • Fix Go to Definition on implicit default constructors. #4162
  • Fix configuration prompts from appearing if a configuration provider is set. #4168
  • Fix vcpkg code action for missing includes with more than one forward slash. PR #4172
  • Fix parsing of __has_include (and other system macros) with gcc. #4193
  • Fix tag parse database not getting updated after changes occur to unopened files in the workspace. #4211
  • Fix files.exclude ending with / being treated like a per-file exclude (which aren't enabled by default). #4262
  • Fix Find All References incorrect results for string and comment references. #4279
  • Fix bug with forced includes in compile_commands.json. #4293
  • Fix Find All References giving Not a Reference for constructors of templated classes. #4345
  • Fix squiggles appearing after a multi-edit replace or rename. #4351
  • Fix gcc-x86 and clang-x86 modes. #4353
  • Fix crashes if the database can't be created. #4359
  • Fix bugs with comment references. #4371, #4372

Version 0.25.1: August 28, 2019

Bug Fixes

  • Fix Switch Header/Source for .H and .C targets. #3048
  • Fix C_Cpp.updateChannel not respecting extensions.autoUpdate. #3632
  • Fix duplicate content appearing after formatting of a new file (2nd fix). #4091
  • Fix links in Log Diagnostics output. #4122
  • Fix NullReferenceException when debugging if "description" is missing. #4125
  • Fix files.exclude processing when using \\. #4127
  • Fix bug when attaching to an elevated process on Linux. #4133
  • Fix IntelliSense-based Go to Definition failing for a nested class in a template class. #4135
  • Fix incorrect configuration squiggles with compilerPath when variables are used. #4141
  • Fix executeReferenceProvider when code is selected. #4147
  • Fix code action for resolving missing includes via the vcpkg dependency manager. PR #4156

Version 0.25.0: August 21, 2019

New Features

  • Add Find All References. #15
  • Add -x86 options for intelliSenseMode. #2275, #2312
  • Add c++20 option to cppStandard. #3448
  • Add a code action for resolving missing includes via the vcpkg dependency manager. PR #3791

Enhancements

  • Added support for compile commands:
    • -iquote. #2088
    • -imacros. #2417
    • -idirafter(--include-directory-after & --include-directory-after=). #3713
    • -imsvc. #4032
  • Switch to using VS Code's Go to Declaration. #2959
  • Added compilerArgs property setting. PR #3950
  • Added support for V3 API. PR #3987
  • Add not supported messages for ARM and Alpine containers. PR #4027
  • Add validation for paths from env variables. #3912

Bug Fixes

  • Fix wrong type of this pointer. #2303
  • Fix previous cache path not deleted when new cache path is specified. Note that the VS Code bug Microsoft/vscode#59391 still occurs on the settings UI, but this fix should delete any incomplete path names as the extension receives changes from the cache path setting. #3644.
  • Fix broken shell script when launch/attaching as root. #3711
  • Fix ".H" files not appearing in include completion results on Linux/macOS. #3744
  • Fix compile_commands.json file changes not updated. #3864.
  • Fix Failed to parse error message in the open file scenario. #3888
  • Fix loading the wrong symbols when creating or copying a file. #3897
  • Fix IntelliSense process crash in clang mode. #3898
  • Fix IntelliSense-based Go to Definition failing with using namespace. #3902, #4018
  • Fix completion not showing results for smart pointers. #3926, #3930
  • Fix clang_format_path cannot be set in workspace settings. #3937
  • Fix typos and grammar in documentation.
  • Fix NullReferenceException when unable to launch and an unresolved parameter exists in the string. This was causing a useless error message. #4024, #4090
  • Fix debugger can't debug file whose folder path includes a parenthesis. #4030
  • Fix duplicate content appearing after formatting of a new file. #4091
  • Fix files.exclude bug on Windows. #4095
  • Fix NullReferenceException when cwd is null. MIEngine#911
  • Fix wrong IntelliSense for C++ types after editing within a function and after a lambda.

Version 0.24.1: July 22, 2019

Bug Fixes

  • Fix an issue with the Outline not being populated when a file is opened. #3877
  • Update scopes used by semantic colorization. PR# 3896

Version 0.24.0: July 3, 2019

New Features

Enhancements

  • Configuration UI editor improvements:
    • Add list of detected compiler paths. PR #3708
    • Enable selecting/editing of other configurations and add "Advanced Settings" section. PR #3732
  • Enable envFile for cppdbg. PR #3723
  • Change the default path value of C_Cpp.intelliSenseCachePath. #3347 #3664
  • Change C_Cpp.clang_format_path to machine scope. #3774
  • Add validation to the advanced configuration UI settings. PR #3838
  • Add Current Configuration to C/C++: Log Diagnostics. PR #3866

Bug Fixes

  • Fix for gdb follow-fork-mode child not working. #2738
  • Fix IntelliSense process crash on hover with certain arrays. #3081
  • Fix IntelliSense-based Go to Definition for goto labels. #3111
  • Fix IntelliSense behaving incorrectly when files are opened with different casing on Windows. #3229
  • Fix user defined literals crashing IntelliSense in clang/gcc mode. #3481
  • Improve sourceFileMap to be more dynamic. #3504
  • Fix IntelliSense-based hover document comments being shown for invalid declarations not used by the current translation unit. #3596
  • Fix Go to Definition when is void missing in the parameter list of a function definition a .c file. #3609
  • Fix configuration validation of compiler path and IntelliSense mode compatibility for clang-cl.exe compiler. #3637
  • Fix resolving ${workspaceFolderBasename} and add ${workspaceStorage}. #3642
  • Fix IntelliSense-based Go to Definition performance issue due to extra database iteration. #3655
  • Fix SourceRequest causing debugging to stop with NotImplementedException. #3662
  • Fix typo in intelliSenseMode description.
  • Fix invalid warning with typedef enums in .c files. #3685
  • Fix incorrect keyword completion occurring for pragma #keyword. #3690
  • Fix problem matcher to show fatal errors from GCC #3712
  • Fix multi-root folders with the same name sharing the same browse database. PR #3715
  • Fix remoteProcessPicker on Windows. #3758
  • Fix crash when tag parsing Objective-C code. #3776
  • Fix duplicate slashes getting added to c_cpp_properties.json. PR #3778
  • Fix envFile variable substitution. #3836
  • Fix missing headers popup. PR #3840
  • Fix multiple anonymous unions not showing correctly in Locals while debugging. MIEngine#820
  • Fix pause not working when using DebugServer/MIDebuggerServerAddress on Linux and macOS. MIEngine#844
  • Improvements to CPU and memory usage when editing.

Version 0.23.1: May 13, 2019

Bug Fixes

  • Fix launch.json creation when intelliSenseEngine is "Disabled". #3583
  • Fix C/C++ commands not working if the language service isn't activated. #3615
  • Fix missing extension "Details" page. #3621
  • Fix some random crashes related to IntelliSense inactive region processing.

Version 0.23.0: May 6, 2019

New Features

  • Add a configuration UI editor to edit IntelliSense settings defined in the underlying c_cpp_properties.json file. PR #3479, PR #3487, PR #3519, #3524, PR #3563, #3526
    • Add a new command C/C++: Edit configurations (UI) to open the UI editor.
    • Replace the C/C++: Edit configurations... command with C/C++: Edit configurations (JSON) to open c_cpp_properties.json.
    • The default whether to open the UI editor or JSON file is based on the workbench.settings.editor setting.
  • Add command C/C++: Log Diagnostics to log language service diagnostics. PR #3489
  • Add support for .env files for cppvsdbg. #3490

Other Changes

  • Enable flag /permissive- as an argument to compilerPath with cl.exe. #1589, #3446
  • Configuration squiggles for c_cpp_properties.json now validates if the setting values of compilerPath and intelliSenseMode match on Windows. #2983
  • Enable -fms-extensions to be used as an argument to compilerPath on Linux/Mac. #3063
  • Change the default value of C_Cpp.intelliSenseEngineFallback setting to Disabled. #3165
  • Add squiggle when compilerPath uses spaces and arguments without ". #3357
  • Change the Disabled value for C_Cpp.errorSquiggles to stop showing missing header squiggles. #3361
  • Add enableConfigurationSquiggles setting to allow squiggles to be disabled for c_cpp_properties.json. #3403
  • Switch to using the installExtension command for offline/insider vsix installing (to reduce install failures). #3408
  • Add a better example to the description of C_Cpp.clang_format_style and C_Cpp.clang_format_fallback_style. #3419
  • Add a new (default) value of EnabledIfIncludesResolve to C_Cpp.errorSquiggles, which only shows error squiggles if include headers are successfully resolved. PR #3421
  • Disable debug heap by default with cppvsdbg. #3484
    • Reported by Djoulihen (@Djoulihen)
  • Enable configuration squiggles for paths delimited by semicolons. PR #3517
  • Don't show release notes if the extension has never been installed before. #3533
  • Remove IntelliSense fallback code actions.

Bug Fixes

  • Fix browsing for functions with BOOST_FOREACH. #953
  • Fix code action sometimes not appearing over a squiggled identifier. #1436
  • Work around issue with VS Code not treating .C files as C++ files Microsoft/vscode#59369 -- .C files become associated by name in files.associations. #2558
  • Fix various IntelliSense parsing bugs. #2824, #3110, #3168
  • Preserve newlines in documentation comments. #2937
  • Fix documentation comments above multi-line templates (and some other issues). #3162
  • Fix "Extension causes high cpu load" due to module loading. #3213
  • Fix auto-removal of compiler-provided paths in includePath when they end with a directory separator on Windows. #3245
  • Fix duplicate compiler build tasks appearing when compilerPath has arguments. PR #3360
  • Fix environment variables not resolving with C_Cpp.intelliSenseCachePath. #3367
  • Fix the formatting of snippets text. #3376
  • Fix the default AccessModifierOffset used when formatting. #3376
  • Fix null reference during initialization when using custom configuration providers. PR #3377
  • Fix symbol parsing when __MINGW_ATTRIB_* is used. #3390
  • Fix compile_commands.json configuration prompt being disabled per user instead of per folder. PR #3399
  • Fix .cmd and .bat files not working for compilerPath on Windows. #3428
  • Fix compilerPath with arguments that are surrounded by quotes. #3428
  • Fix documentation comments interpreting special characters as markdown. #3441
  • Fix hover using the configuration of the active document instead of the hovered document. #3452
  • Fix c_cpp_properties.json squiggles when the configuration name has regex characters. PR #3478
  • Use the editor.tabSize setting instead of 2 when creating build tasks. PR #3486
  • Fix some potential crashes on hover. #3509
  • Fix for NullReferenceException occurring when "args" is not specified in launch.json. #3532
  • Fix Go to Definition giving no results when IntelliSense doesn't find the symbol. #3549
  • Fix configuration squiggles with trailing backslashes. PR #3573
  • Fix includePath code actions, configuration prompts, and the C/C++: Change configuration provider... command. PR #3576
  • Fix randomly occurring crash (that could occur when opening files while IntelliSense squiggles are pending).
  • Fix crash on hover (that could occur when document comments have blank lines).
  • Fix icon of parameters in completion results.

Version 0.22.1: March 21, 2019

  • Fix tasks.json with single-line comments being overwritten when Build and Debug Active File is used. #3327
  • Fix an invalid compilerPath property getting added to tasks.json after doing Configure Task with a C/C++ compiler.
  • Add IntelliSense caching for macOS 10.13 or later (0.22.0 only supported Windows and Linux).

Version 0.22.0: March 19, 2019

Major Changes

  • Add warning squiggles for invalid properties and paths in c_cpp_properties.json. #2799, PR #3283
  • Add C/C++ compiler build tasks for compiling the active source file, with support for F5 debugging and the Build and Debug Active File context menu command. PR #3118, PR #3244
  • Add AutoPCH support to reduce IntelliSense parsing time, with C_Cpp.intelliSenseCachePath and C_Cpp.intelliSenseCacheSize settings. It isn't enabled for Mac yet. PR #3184

Minor Changes

  • Fix IntelliSense not working on Windows when the username has a space in it and file C:\Users\<firstname> exists. #1377, #2114, #2176, #3052, #3139
  • Enable ${command:cpptools.activeConfigName} in tasks. #1524
  • Fix bugs with squiggles and IntelliSense updating after edits. #1779, #3124, #3260
  • Fix formatting (and other non-IntelliSense operations) being blocked by IntelliSense processing. #1928
  • Fix completion when the start of an identifier matches a keyword. #1986
  • Fix auto-removal of compiler-provided paths in includePath. #2177
  • Fix crash on Windows when 8.3 filenames are used. #2453, #3104
  • Add support for Scope::Member scoped symbol searches. #2484
  • Fix signature help active parameter selection when parameter names are missing or subsets of each other. #2952
  • Fix --enable-pretty-printing with gdb when complex objects are used as keys in maps. #3024
  • Fix IntelliSense-based Go to Definition for noexcept methods. #3060
  • Render macro hover expansions as C/C++. #3075
  • Enable completion after struct when manually invoked. #3080
  • Add C_Cpp.suggestSnippets setting to disable language server snippets. #3083
  • Show a prompt for changing C_Cpp.updateChannel to Insiders. #3089
  • Fix compilerPath not getting priority over the compile_commands.json compiler. #3102
  • Fix Linux compile_commands.json compiler querying with relative paths. #3112
  • Allow * in includePath to apply to browse.path when browse.path is not specified. #3121
  • Disable ( and < completion commit characters. #3127
  • Add Chinese translations for command titles. PR #3128
  • Fix remote process picker bug. #2585, #3150
  • Fix command not found and empty c_cpp_properties.json if activation is too slow. #3160, #3176
  • Fix cppvsdbg debugger showing "An unspecified error has occurred." for structured binding variables. #3197
  • Fix bugs with the Insider reload prompt appearing when it shouldn't. #3206
  • Fix variable expansion (e.g. ${env.HOME}) not working when ${default} is used in c_cpp_properties.json. #3309
  • Fix other unreported IntelliSense engine bugs.

Version 0.21.0: January 23, 2019

New Features

  • Add documentation comments for hover, completion, and signature help. #399
  • Add completion committing for methods after (. #1184
  • Add macro expansions to hover. #1734
  • Add support for __int128_t and __uint128_t types. #1815
  • Add Italian translations for command titles.
  • Add icons for operators, structs/unions, enum values, template arguments, and macros. #2849
  • Change #include completion to show individual folders instead of the entire paths, fixing previous performance problems. #2836
  • Add text (declaration), (typedef), (type alias), and (union) to symbols. #2851
  • Add a refresh button to the Attach to Process picker. #2885
  • Add completion committing for templates after <. #2953

Bug Fixes

  • Add the Microsoft digital signature to Windows binaries to avoid getting incorrectly flagged by virus scanners. #1103, #2970
  • Fix bugs when UTF-8 characters > 1 byte are used. #1504, #1525, #2034, #2082, #2883
  • Fix some IntelliSense process crashes. #1785, #2913
  • Fix several incorrect IntelliSense error squiggles. #1942, #2422, #2474, #2478, #2597, #2763
  • Fix some main process crashes. #2505, #2768
  • Fix incorrect IntelliSense error with Mac clang 10.0 libraries. #2608
  • Fix completion not working in template specializations. #2620
  • Fix incorrect completions after Enter is used after struct, class, etc. #2734
  • Fix memory "leak" when parsing a large workspace. #2737
  • Fix IntelliSense-based Go to Definition with overloads that return a template with a default param (e.g. vector) #2736
  • Fix Go to Definition when __catch(), _NO_EXCEPT_DEBUG, or _LIBCPP_BEGIN_NAMESPACE_STD is used. #2761, #2766
  • Fix Go to Definition when method(void) is used. #2802
  • Fix error "TypeError: Cannot read property 'map' of undefined at asCompletionResult". #2807
  • Fix quotes around defines not supported for custom configuration providers. #2820
  • Fix PowerShell bug on Win7. #2822
  • Fix Tag Parser completion details missing keywords (i.e. using, class, #define, etc.). #2850
  • Fix problem with empty recursive include paths. #2855
  • Fix NullReferenceException on debugger launch with VS Code Insiders. #2858, PR Microsoft/MIEngine#810
  • Fix IntelliSense errors with template argument deduction. #2907, #2912
  • Retry Insider VSIX downloading with http.proxySupport "off". #2927
  • Fix snippet completions being offered when they shouldn't be. #2942
  • Set the editor.wordBasedSuggestions to false by default to prevent incorrect completions. #2943
  • Fix IntelliSense-based Go to Definition for functions with function pointer parameters. #2981
  • Fix < incorrectly triggering completions. #2985
  • Fix recursive includes not adding paths used by forcedInclude files. #2986
  • Fix crash when // is used in a recursive includePath. #2987
  • Fix compiler in compile_commands.json not taking precedence over the Cpp.default.compilerPath. #2793
  • Fix #include completion not working for symlinks. #2843
  • Fix IntelliSense-based Go to Definition for const methods. #3014
  • Support C_Cpp.updateChannel for VS Code Exploration builds.

Version 0.20.1: October 31, 2018

  • Fix IntelliSense-based Go to Declaration when there's only a definition in a TU. #2743
  • Fix #include completion for standalone header files. #2744
  • Fix the highest hitting main process crash.
  • Fix IntelliSense process crash with completion.

Version 0.20.0: October 30, 2018

  • Add IntegratedTerminal support for Linux and Windows. #35
  • Unify Visual Studio Code debug protocol parsing by using a shared library with Visual Studio.
  • Fix IntelliSense-based Go to Definition on overloads (in the same TU). #1071
  • Fix inactive regions not being disabled when falling back to the Tag Parser. #2181
  • Fix #include completion not working with compile_commands.json or custom configuration providers. #2242
  • Fix IntelliSense failing if recursive includes removes all paths. #2442
  • Fix incorrect IntelliSense errors with MinGW (stop using -fms-extensions by default). #2443, #2623
  • Fix error squiggles sometimes not updating after typing. #2448
  • Add support for Mac framework paths in compile_commands.json. #2508
  • Fix IntelliSense-based Go to Definition falling back to the Tag Parser for definitions not in the TU. #2536, #2677
  • Fix IntelliSense-based Go to Definition on the identifier of a definition with no declaration. #2573
  • Fix IntelliSense-based Go to Definition not falling back to the declaration (in certain cases). #2574
  • Fix IntelliSense-based Go to Definition going to the wrong location after edits are made. #2579
  • Fix Go to Definition when the intelliSenseEngineFallback is Disabled and #includes are missing. #2583
  • Fix empty C_Cpp.default.* settings not being used. #2584
  • Fix quoting around ssh's command (for the debugger). #2585
  • Fix crash on hover (and Go to Definition) when using the Tag Parser. #2586
  • Fix errors when a workspace folder isn't open. #2613, #2691
  • Fix -isystem without a space after getting ignored in compile_comamands.json. #2629
  • Fix Insiders update channel installation bugs. #2636, #2685
  • Fix IntelliSense-based Go to Declaration falling back to the Tag Parser if the definition is also in the TU. #2642
  • Fix the Disabled intelliSenseEngine setting not working with custom configuration providers. #2656

Version 0.19.0: September 27, 2018

  • Change the symbol database to update without needing to save. #202
  • Enable IntelliSense-based Go to Definition for the current translation unit, including local variables and overloaded operators. #255, #979
  • Improved the Go to Definition performance with large workspaces and files with lots of #includes. #273
  • Disable Go to Definition for invalid tokens, e.g. comments, strings, keywords, etc. #559
  • Add C_Cpp.updateChannel setting for easier access to Insider builds of the extension. #1526
  • Add support for v2 of the configuration provider API. #2237
  • Fix bug with parsing definitions in compile_commands.json. #2305
  • Fix sh failure when attaching to a remote Linux process. #2444
  • Fix incorrect default cl.exe macro. PR #2468
  • Fix multiple bugs with the symbols in the Outline view not updating correctly. #2477, #2500, #2504
  • Add support for workspaceFolderBasename expansion. #2491
  • Fix bug with variable resolution. #2532
  • Fix off-by-one bug with hover and Go to Definition. #2535
  • Fix Microsoft/vscode#54213

Version 0.18.1: August 17, 2018

  • Fix 0.18.0 regression causing non-MinGW compilers to use -fms-extensions on Windows. #2424, #2425

Version 0.18.0: August 17, 2018

New Features

  • Add the C_Cpp.intelliSenseEngine setting value of Disabled (for users who only use the debugger). #785
  • Add C_Cpp.workspaceSymbols setting with default Just My Code to filter out system header symbols. #1119, #2320
  • Add C_Cpp.inactiveRegionForegroundColor and C_Cpp.inactiveRegionBackgroundColor settings. #1620, #2212
    • John Patterson (@john-patterson) PR #2308
  • Add gcc-x64 intelliSenseMode and send the correct clang or gcc version to our parser, fixing various IntelliSense errors. #2112, #2175, #2260, #2299, #2317
  • Make Go to Definition on the definition go to the declaration instead. #2298
  • Add multi-pass environment variable resolution allowing variables defined in terms of other variables. #2057
    • John Patterson (@john-patterson) PR #2322
  • Allow users to use ~ for ${userProfile} on Windows. PR #2333
  • Add support for compiler flags -fms-extensions and -fno-ms-extensions on Windows (the default for MinGW-based compilers). #2363
  • Make completion "show more results" (i.e. inaccessible members) when invoked a 2nd time. #2386

Bug Fixes

  • Fix attach to process for systems without bash by using sh instead. #569
  • Fix IntelliSense crash after hover or completion with _Complex types. #689, #1112
  • Fix files.exclude not working to exclude non-workspace folders from symbol parsing. #1066
  • Fix Switch Header/Source to give results that match the parent folder name before using just the file name. #1085
  • Fix incorrect IntelliSense errors caused by namespace lookup failure when instantiation template arguments in clang mode. #1395, #1559, #1753, #2272
  • Fix missing parameter help when using { for constructors. #1667
  • Fix Mac framework dependencies not being discovered. #1913
  • Fix compilerPath not working with ${workspaceFolder}. #1982
  • Fix red flame getting stuck after modifying c_cpp_properties.json. #2077
  • Don't add empty windowsSDKVersion if none exists. #2300
  • Fix IntelliSense crash when the gcc-8 type_traits header is used. #2323, #2328
  • Limit configuration popups to one at a time. #2324
  • Don't show includePath code actions if compile commands or custom configuration providers are used. #2334
  • Fix C_Cpp.clang_format_path not accepting environment variables. #2344
  • Fix IntelliSense not working with non-ASCII characters in the WSL install path. #2351
  • Filter out incorrect IntelliSense error "= delete" can only appear on the first declaration of a function. #2352
  • Fix IntelliSense failing with WSL if gcc is installed bug g++ isn't. #2360
  • Fix WSL paths starting with /mnt/ failing to get symbols parsed. #2361
  • Fix IntelliSense process crash when hovering over a designated initializer list with an anonymous struct. #2370
  • Stop showing "File: " in completion details for internal compiler defines. #2387
  • Invoke Edit Configurations... when the Configuration Help button is clicked. #2408
  • Fix provider configuration prompt not showing for newly added workspace folders. #2415
  • Fix to allow SIGINT to be sent using the kill -2 command when using pipeTransport.

Version 0.17.7: July 22, 2018

  • Fix Go to Definition for code scoped with an aliased namespace. #387
  • Fix incorrect IntelliSense errors with template template-arguments. #1014
  • Fix crash when using designated initializer lists. #1440
  • Add windowsSdkVersion to c_cpp_properties.json. #1585
  • Add ${vcpkgRoot} variable. #1817
  • Fix dangling IntelliSense processes. #2075, #2169
  • Fix incorrect IntelliSense errors when class template argument deduction is used. #2101
  • Skip automatic parsing of source files in Mac system framework paths. #2156
  • Fix Edit Configurations... not working after c_cpp_properties.json is deleted. #2214
  • Fix indexing of the entire root drive on Windows when no is folder open. #2216
  • Disable the config provider message for headers outside the workspace and when debugging. #2221
  • Add Change Configuration Provider... command. #2224
  • Fix out-of-memory crash with #include code actions when no folder is open. #2225
  • Fix intelliSenseMode with custom config providers on Windows. #2228
  • Fix formatting not working on Windows if the VC++ 2015 redist isn't installed. #2232
  • Fix variables not resolving in macFrameworkPath. #2234
  • Fix Go to Definition not working for macros followed by . or ->. #2245
  • Fix #include autocomplete with Mac framework headers. #2251
  • Fix debugging to support empty arguments for debuggee. #2258
  • Fix Go to Definition bug (missing symbols outside the workspace). #2281
  • Fix incorrect hover in enum definitions. #2286
  • Add a setting to silence configuration provider warnings. #2292
  • Fix debugging async Visual C++ causing the debugger to stop responding.
  • Fix main snippet.

Version 0.17.6: July 2, 2018

  • Fix the database icon getting stuck with recursive includes. #2104
  • Fix the red flame appearing late with recursive includes. #2105
  • Fix source files being parsed in system directories. #2156
  • Fix internal document corruption (visible after formatting) when edits are made too soon after activation. #2162
  • Fix a crash when saving with recursive includes. #2173
  • Fix a crash when the includePath or browse.path is "**". #2174
  • Fix IntelliSense for WSL without g++ installed. #2178
  • Fix random IntelliSense (completion) failures due to edits being delayed. #2184
  • Fix database deletion failure with non-ASCII file paths on Windows. #2205
  • Fix Go to Definition results with var:: and var->, and filter out invalid constructor results. #2207
  • Fix a performance bug with recursive includes.
  • Fixed a CPU usage problem on Mac related to system frameworks parsing.
  • Keep the IntelliSense process around for 10 seconds after a file is closed in case it's needed again.
  • Added an API so build system extensions can provide IntelliSense configurations for source files. More details at npmjs.com.
  • Fix automatic argument quoting when debugging with gdb/lldb to include when the argument has a '(' or ')' in it. Also escape existing '"' symbols.
  • Removed - in ps call for ProcessPicker and RemoteProcessPicker. #2183

Version 0.17.5: June 21, 2018

  • Detect compile_commands.json and show prompt to use it. #1297
  • Change inactive regions from gray to translucent. #1907
  • Improve performance of recursive includes paths. #2068
  • Fix IntelliSense client failure due to No args provider. #1908
  • Fix #include completion with headers in the same directory. #2031
  • Fix non-header files outside the workspace folder not being parsed (i.e. so Go to Definition works). #2053
  • Fix some crashes. #2080
  • Support asm clobber registers on Windows. #2090
  • Fix usage of ${config:section.setting}. #2165
  • browse.path now inherits includePath if not set in c_cpp_properties.json.
  • On Windows, compilerPath now populates with the guessed cl.exe path, and the MSVC include path is based on the cl.exe path.
  • Fix files under a non-recursive browse.path being removed from the database.
  • Fix * not working in browse.path with WSL.
  • Fix -break-insert main returning multiple bind points. PR Microsoft/MIEngine#729
  • Use -- instead of -x for gnome-terminal. PR Microsoft/MIEngine#733
  • Added miDebuggerArgs in order to pass arguments to the program in miDebuggerPath. PR Microsoft/MIEngine#720

Version 0.17.4: May 31, 2018

  • Fix infinite loop (caused by deadlock) when using recursive includes. #2043
  • Stop using recursive includes in the default configuration.
  • Fix various other potential deadlocks and crashes.
  • Fix Go to Definition on #include not filtering out results based on the path. #1253, #2033
  • Fix database icon getting stuck. #1917

Version 0.17.3: May 22, 2018

  • Add support for ${workspaceFolder:folderName}. #1774
  • Fix infinite loop during initialization on Windows. #1960
  • Fix main process IntelliSense-related crashes. #2006
  • Fix deadlock after formatting large files. #2007
  • Fix recursive includes failing to find some system includes. #2019

Version 0.17.1: May 17, 2018

  • Fix IntelliSense update slowness when using recursive includes. #1949
  • Fix code navigation failure after switching between WSL and non-WSL configs. #1958
  • Fix extension crash when the includePath is a file or the root drive. #1979, #1965
  • Fix IntelliSense crash in have_member_access_from_class_scope. #1763
  • Fix #include completion bugs. #1959, #1970
  • Add Debug value for loggingLevel (previously the hidden value "6").
  • Fix C++17 features not being fully enabled with msvc-x64 mode. #1990
  • Fix IntelliSense interprocess deadlocks. #1407, #1777

Version 0.17.0: May 7, 2018

  • Auto-complete for headers after typing #include. #802
  • Add support for recursive includePath, e.g. ${workspaceFolder}/**. #897
  • Configuration improvements. #1338
  • Add support for querying system includes/defines from WSL and Cygwin compilers. #1845, #1736
  • Fix IntelliSense for WSL projects in Windows builds 17110 and greater. #1694
  • Add snippets. PR #1823
  • Add support for vcpkg. PR #1886
  • Add support for custom variables in c_cpp_properties.json via env. #1857, #368
  • Stop automatically adding /usr/include to the includePath. #1819
  • Fix wrong configuration being used if there are four or more. #1599
  • Fix c_cpp_properties.json requiring write access. #1790
  • Change file not found in compile_commands.json message from an error to a warning. #1783
  • Fix an IntelliSense crash during completion requests. #1782
  • Update the installed clang-format to 6.0.
  • Fix bug with compile_commands.json when "arguments" have both a switch and a value in the arg. #1890
  • Fix bug with garbage data appearing in tooltips on Linux/Mac. #1577

Version 0.16.1: March 30, 2018

  • Fix random deadlock caused by logging code on Linux/Mac. #1759
  • Fix compiler from compileCommands not being queried for includes/defines if compilerPath isn't set on Windows. #1754
  • Fix OSX UseShellExecute I/O bug. #1756
  • Invalidate partially unzipped files from package manager. #1757

Version 0.16.0: March 28, 2018

  • Enable autocomplete for local and global scopes. #13
  • Add a setting to define multiline comment patterns: C_Cpp.commentContinuationPatterns. #1100, #1539
  • Add a setting to disable inactive region highlighting: C_Cpp.dimInactiveRegions. #1592
  • Add forcedInclude configuration setting. #852
  • Add compilerPath, cStandard, and cppStandard configuration settings, and query gcc/clang-based compilers for default defines. #1293, #1251, #1448, #1465, #1484
  • Fix text being temporarily gray when an inactive region is deleted. Microsoft/vscode#44872
  • Add support for ${workspaceFolder} variable in c_cpp_properties.json. #1392
  • Fix IntelliSense not updating in source files after dependent header files are changed. #1501
  • Change database icon to use the statusBar.foreground color. #1638
  • Enable C++/CLI IntelliSense mode via adding the /clr arg to the compilerPath. #1596
  • Fix delay in language service activation caused by cpptools.json downloading. #1640
  • Fix debugger failure when a single quote is in the path. #1554
  • Fix terminal stdout and stderr redirection to not send to VS Code. #1348
  • Fix blank config and endless "Initializing..." if the file watcher limit is hit when using compileCommands. PR #1709
  • Fix error squiggles re-appearing after editing then closing a file. #1712
  • Show error output from clang-format. #1259
  • Fix add_expression_to_index crash (most frequent crash in 0.15.0). #1396
  • Fix incorrect error squiggle explicitly instantiated more than once. #871

Version 0.15.0: February 15, 2018

  • Add colorization for inactive regions. #1466
  • Fix 3 highest hitting crashes. #1137, #1337, #1497
  • Update IntelliSense compiler (bug fixes and more C++17 support). #1067, #1313
  • Fix duplicate cannot open source file errors. #1469
  • Fix Go to Symbol in File... being slow for large workspaces. #1472
  • Fix stuck processes during shutdown. #1474
  • Fix error popup appearing with non-workspace files when using compile_commands.json. #1475
  • Fix snippet completions being blocked after #. #1531
  • Add more macros to cpp.hint (fixing missing symbols).
  • Add __CHAR_BIT__=8 to default defines on Mac. #1510
  • Added support for config variables to c_cpp_properties.json. #314
  • Define _UNICODE by default on Windows platforms. #1538

Version 0.14.6: January 17, 2018

  • Fix tag parser failing (and continuing to fail after edits) when it shouldn't. #1367
  • Fix tag parser taking too long due to redundant processing. #1288
  • Fix debugging silently failing the 1st time if a C/C++ file isn't opened. #1366
  • Skip automatically adding to files.associations if it matches an existing glob pattern or if C_Cpp.autoAddFileAssociations is false. #722
  • The debugger no longer requires an extra reload. #1362
  • Fix incorrect "Warning: Expected file ... is missing" message after installing on Linux. #1334
  • Fix "Include file not found" messages not re-appearing after settings changes. #1363
  • Performance improvements with browse.path parsing, and stop showing "Parsing files" when there's no actual parsing. #1393
  • Fix crash when settings with the wrong type are used. #1396
  • Allow semicolons in browse.path. #1415
  • Fix to handle relative pathing in source file paths properly when normalizing. #1228
  • Fix delay in language service activation caused by cpptools.json downloading. #1429
  • Add C_Cpp.workspaceParsingPriority setting to enable using less than 100% CPU during parsing of workspace files.
  • Add C_Cpp.exclusionPolicy default to checkFolders to avoid expensive files.exclude checking on every file.

Version 0.14.5: December 18, 2017

  • Fix stackwalk NullReferenceException. #1339
  • Fix -isystem (or -I) not being used in compile_commands.json if there's a space after it. #1343
  • Fix header switching from .cc to .hpp files (and other cases). #1341
  • Fix reload prompts not appearing in debugging scenarios (after the initial installation). #1344
  • Add a "wait" message when commands are invoked during download/installation. #1344
  • Prevent blank "C/C++ Configuration" from appearing when debugging is started but the language service is not. #1353

Version 0.14.4: December 11, 2017

  • Enable the language service processes to run without glibc 2.18. #19
  • Enable the language service processes to run on 32-bit Linux. #424
  • Fix extension process not working on Windows with non-ASCII usernames. #1319
  • Fix IntelliSense on single processor VMs. #1321
  • Enable offline installation of the extension. #298
  • Add support for -isystem in compile_commands.json. #1156
  • Remember the selected configuration across launches of VS Code. #1273
  • Fix 'Add Configuration...` entries not appearing if the extension wasn't previously activated. #1287
  • Add (declaration) to declarations in the navigation list. #1311
  • Fix function definition body not being visible after navigation. #1311
  • Improve performance for fetching call stacks with large arguments. #363

Version 0.14.3: November 27, 2017

  • Fix disappearing parameter hints tooltip. #1165
  • Fix parameter hints only showing up after the opening parenthesis. #902, #819
  • Fix customer reported crashes in the TypeScript extension code. #1240, #1245
  • Fix .browse.VC-#.db files being unnecessarily created when an shm file exists. #1234
  • Fix language service to only activate after a C/C++ file is opened or a C/Cpp command is used (not onDebug).
  • Fix database resetting if shutdown got blocked by an IntelliSense operation. #1260
  • Fix deadlock that can occur when switching configurations.
  • Fix browse.databaseFilename changing not taking effect until a reload.

Version 0.14.2: November 9, 2017

  • Unsupported Linux clients sending excessive telemetry when the language server fails to start. #1227

Version 0.14.1: November 9, 2017

  • Add support for multi-root workspaces. #1070
  • Fix files temporarily being unsavable after Save As and other scenarios on Windows. Microsoft/vscode#27329
  • Fix files "permanently" being unsavable if the IntelliSense process launches during tag parsing of the file. #1040
  • Show pause and resume parsing commands after clicking the database icon. #1141
  • Don't show the install output unless an error occurs. #1160
  • Fix bug with ${workspaceRoot} symbols not getting added if a parent folder is in the browse.path. #1185
  • Fix Add configuration C++ launch.json on Insiders. #1191
  • Fix extension restart logic so that the extension doesn't get stuck on "Initializing..." when it crashes. #893
  • Remove the Reload window prompt after installation (it only appears if launch.json is active).
  • Prevent browse database from being reset if shutdown takes > 1 second.
  • Remove the UnloadLanguageServer command and the clang_format_formatOnSave setting.
  • Fix bugs with include path suggestions.
  • Fix max files to parse status number being too big, due to including non-${workspaceRoot} files.
  • Update default launch.json configurations to use ${workspaceFolder} instead of ${workspaceRoot}.
  • Update how default initial configurations for launch.json are being provided. Microsoft/vscode#33794
  • Add support for normalizing source file locations. (Windows #272), (Mac OS X #1095)

Version 0.14.0: October 19, 2017

  • Add support for compile_commands.json. #156
  • Fix crash with signature help. #1076
  • Skip parsing redundant browse.path directories. #1106
  • Fix limitSymbolsToIncludedHeaders not working with single files. #1109
  • Add logging to Output window. Errors will be logged by default. Verbosity is controlled by the "C_Cpp.loggingLevel" setting.
  • Add new database status bar icon for "Indexing" or "Parsing" with progress numbers, and the previous flame icon is now just for "Updating IntelliSense".
  • Stop showing (Global Scope) if there's actually an error in identifying the correct scope.
  • Fix crash with the IntelliSense process when parsing certain template code (the most frequently hit crash).
  • Fix main thread being blocked while searching for files to remove after changing files.exclude.
  • Fix incorrect code action include path suggestion when a folder comes after "..".
  • Fix a crash on shutdown.

Version 0.13.1: October 5, 2017

  • Delete unused symbol databases when browse.databaseFilename in c_cpp_properties.json changes. #558
  • Fix infinite loop during IntelliSense parsing. #981
  • Fix database resetting due to the extension process not shutting down fast enough. #1060
  • Fix crash with document highlighting #1076
  • Fix bug that could cause symbols to be missing when shutdown occurs during tag parsing.
  • Fix bug that could cause included files to not be reparsed if they were modified after the initial parsing.
  • Fix potential buffer overrun when logging is enabled.
  • Add logging to help diagnose cause of document corruption after formatting.

Version 0.13.0: September 25, 2017

  • Reference highlighting is now provided by the extension for both IntelliSense engines.
  • Parameter help is now provided by both IntelliSense engines.
  • Light bulbs (code actions) for #include errors now suggest potential paths to add to the includePath based on a recursive search of the browse.path. #846
  • Browse database now removes old symbols when browse.path changes. #262
  • Add * on new lines after a multiline comment with /** is started. #579
  • Fix Go to Definition, completion, and parameter hints for partially scoped members. #635
  • Fix bug in macFrameworkPath not resolving variables.

Version 0.12.4: September 12, 2017

  • Fix a crash in IntelliSense for users with non-ASCII user names (Windows-only). #910
  • Add macFrameworkPath to c_cpp_properties.json. #970
  • Fix incorrect auto-complete suggestions when using template types with the scope operator ::. #988
  • Fix potential config file parsing failure. #989
  • Support ${env:VAR} syntax for environment variables in c_cpp_properties.json. #1000
  • Support semicolon delimiters for include paths in c_cpp_properties.json to better support environment variables. #1001
  • Add __LITTLE_ENDIAN__=1 to default defines so that "endian.h" is not needed on Mac projects. #1005
  • Fix source code files on Windows with incorrect casing. #984

Version 0.12.3: August 17, 2017

  • Fix regression for paths containing multibyte characters. #958
  • Fix bug with the Tag Parser completion missing results. #943
  • Add /usr/include/machine or i386 to the default Mac includePath. #944
  • Add a command to reset the Tag Parser database. #601, #464
  • Fix bug with error-related code actions remaining after the errors are cleared.
  • Fix bug with Tag Parser completion not working when :: preceded an identifier.
  • Upgrade SQLite (for better reliability and performance).

Version 0.12.2: August 2, 2017

  • Fix bug in our build system causing Windows binaries to build against the wrong version of the Windows SDK. #325
  • Added a gcc problemMatcher. #854
  • Fix bug where .c/.cpp files could get added to files.associations as the opposite "cpp"/"c" language after Go to Definition on a symbol. #884
  • Remove completion results after #pragma. #886
  • Fix a possible infinite loop when viewing Boost sources. #888
  • Fix Go to Definition not working for files in #include_next. #906
    • Also fix incorrect preprocessor suggestions at the end of a #include_next.
  • Skip automatically adding to files.associations if they already match global patterns. Microsoft/vscode#27404
  • Fix a crash with the IntelliSense process (responsible for ~25% of all crashes).

Version 0.12.1: July 18, 2017

  • Fix Tag Parser features not working with some MinGW library code.
  • Fix a symbol search crash.
  • Fix an IntelliSense engine compiler crash.
  • Fix Go to Declaration to return Go to Definition results if the declarations have no results.
  • Fix formatting with non-ASCII characters in the path. #870
  • Fix handling of symbolic links to files on Linux/Mac. #872
  • Move red flame icon to its own section so the configuration text is always readable. #875
  • Remove addWorkspaceRootToIncludePath setting and instead make ${workspaceRoot} in browse.path explicit.
  • Add Show Release Notes command.
  • Add Edit Configurations... command to the Select a Configuration... dropdown.
  • Update Microsoft Visual C++ debugger to Visual Studio 2017 released components.
    • Fix issue with showing wrong thread. #550
    • Fix issue with binaries compiled with /FASTLINK causing the debugger to stop responding. #484
  • Fix issue in MinGW/Cygwin debugging where stop debugging causes VS Code to stop responding. PR Microsoft/MIEngine#636

Version 0.12.0: June 26, 2017

  • The default IntelliSense engine now provides semantic-aware autocomplete suggestions for ., ->, and :: operators. #13
  • The default IntelliSense engine now reports the unresolved include files in referenced headers and falls back to the Tag Parser until headers are resolved.
    • This behavior can be overridden by setting "C_Cpp.intelliSenseEngineFallback": "Disabled"
  • Added "intelliSenseMode" property to c_cpp_properties.json to allow switching between MSVC and Clang modes. #710, #757
  • A crashed IntelliSense engine no longer gives the popup message, and it automatically restarts after an edit to the translation unit occurs.
  • Fix the IntelliSense engine to use "c" mode if a C header is opened before the C file.
  • Fix a bug which could cause the IntelliSense engine to not update results if changes are made to multiple files of a translation unit.
  • Auto files.association registers "c" language headers when Go to Definition is used in a C file.
  • Downloading extension dependencies will retry up to 5 times in the event of a failure. #694
  • Changes to c_cpp_properties.json are detected even if file watchers fail.
  • Update default IntelliSense options for MSVC mode to make Boost projects work better. #775
  • Fix Go to Definition not working until all browse.path files are re-scanned. #788

Version 0.11.4: June 2, 2017

  • Fix System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializationReader threw an exception when debugging on Linux. #792
  • Fix escaping for ${workspaceRoot} in launch.json.

Version 0.11.3: May 31, 2017

  • Fix x86_64-pc-linux-gnu and x86_64-linux-gnu paths missing from the default includePath.

Version 0.11.2: May 24, 2017

  • Revert the default C_Cpp.intelliSenseEngine setting back to "Tag Parser" for non-Insiders while we work on improving the migration experience.

Version 0.11.1: May 19, 2017

  • Add keywords to auto-complete (C, C++, or preprocessor). #120
  • Fix non-recursive browse.path on Linux/Mac. #546
  • Fix .clang-format file not being used on Linux/Mac. #604
  • Stop setting the c/cpp editor.quickSuggestions to false. #606
    • We also do a one-time clearing of that user setting, which will also copy any other c/cpp workspace settings to user settings. The workspace setting isn't cleared.
  • Fix selection range off by one with Peek Definition. #648
  • Upgrade the installed clang-format to 4.0 #656
  • Make keyboard shortcuts only apply to c/cpp files. #662
  • Fix autocomplete with qstring.h. #666
  • Fix C files without a ".c" extension from being treated like C++ for errorSquiggles. #673
  • Make the C IntelliSense engine use C11 instead of C89. #685
  • Fix bug with clang-format not working with non-trimmed styles. #691
  • Enable the C++ IntelliSense engine to use six C++17 features. #699
  • Add reload prompt when a settings change requires it.
  • Prevent non-existent files from being returned in Go To Definition results.

Version 0.11.0: April 24, 2017

  • Enabled first IntelliSense features based on the MSVC engine.
    • Quick info tooltips and compiler errors are provided by the MSVC engine.
    • C_Cpp.intelliSenseEngine property controls whether the new engine is used or not.
    • C_Cpp.errorSquiggles property controls whether compiler errors are made visible in the editor.
  • Add Go to Declaration and Peek Declaration. #271
  • Fix language-specific workspace settings leaking into user settings. Microsoft/vscode#23118
  • Fix files.exclude not being used in some cases. #485
  • Fix a couple potential references to an undefined textEditor. #584
  • Move changes from README.md to CHANGELOG.md. #586
  • Fix crash on Mac/Linux when building the browse database and nftw fails. #591
  • Add Alt+N keyboard shortcut for navigation. #593
  • Fix autocomplete crash when the result has an invalid UTF-8 character. #608
  • Fix symbol search crash with _ symbol. #611
  • Fix the Edit Configurations command when '#' is in the workspace root path. #625
  • Fix clang-format TabWidth not being set when formatting with the Visual Studio style. #630
  • Enable clang_format_fallbackStyle to be a custom style. #641
  • Fix potential undefined references when attaching to a process. #650
  • Fix files.exclude not working on Mac. #653
  • Fix crashes during edit and hover with unexpected UTF-8 data. #654

Version 0.10.5: March 21, 2017

  • Fix a crash that randomly occurred when the size of a document increased. #430
  • Fix browsing not working for Linux/Mac stdlib.h functions. #578
  • Additional fixes for switch header/source not respecting files.exclude. #485
  • Made editor.quickSuggestions dependent on C_Cpp.autocomplete. #572
    • We recommend you close and reopen your settings.json file anytime you change the C_Cpp.autocomplete setting. More info here.

Version 0.10.4: March 15, 2017

  • Fix a crash in signature help. #525
  • Re-enable switch header/source when no workspace folder is open. #541
  • Fix inline clang_format_style. #536
  • Some other minor bug fixes.

Version 0.10.3: March 7, 2017

  • Database stability fixes.
  • Added enums to the C_Cpp settings so the possible values are displayed in the dropdown.
  • Change from ${command.*} to ${command:*}. #521
  • Current execution row was not highlighting in debug mode when using gdb. #526

Version 0.10.2: March 1, 2017

  • New addWorkspaceRootToIncludePath setting allows users to disable automatic parsing of all files under the workspace root. #374
  • The cpp.hint file was missing from the vsix package. #508
  • Switch header/source now respects files.exclude. #485
  • Switch header/source performance improvements. #231
  • Switch header/source now appears in the right-click menu.
  • Improvements to signature help.
  • Various other bug fixes.

Version 0.10.1: February 9, 2017

  • Bug fixes.

Version 0.10.0: January 24, 2017

  • Suppressed C++ language auto-completion inside a C++ comment or string literal. TextMate based completion is still available.
  • Fixed bugs regarding the filtering of files and symbols, including:
    • Find-symbol now excludes symbols found in files.exclude or search.exclude files
    • Go-to-definition now excludes symbols found in files.exclude files (i.e. search.exclude paths are still included).
  • Added option to disable clang-format-based formatting provided by this extension via "C_Cpp.formatting" : "disabled"
  • Added new pipeTransport functionality within the launch.json to support pipe communications with gdb/lldb such as using plink.exe or ssh.
  • Added support for {command.pickRemoteProcess} to allow picking of processes for remote pipe connections during attach scenarios. This is similar to how {command.pickProcess} works for local attach.
  • Bug fixes.

Version 0.9.3: December 8, 2016

  • December update for C/C++ extension
  • Ability to map source files during debugging using sourceFileMap property in launch.json.
  • Enable pretty-printing by default for gdb users in launch.json.
  • Bug fixes.

Version 0.9.2: September 22, 2016

  • Bug fixes.

Version 0.9.1: September 7, 2016

  • Bug fixes.

Version 0.9.0: August 29, 2016

  • August update for C/C++ extension.
  • Debugging for Visual C++ applications on Windows (Program Database files) is now available.
  • clang-format is now automatically installed as a part of the extension and formats code as you type.
  • clang-format options have been moved from c_cpp_properties.json file to settings.json (File->Preferences->User settings).
  • clang-format fallback style is now set to 'Visual Studio'.
  • Attach now requires a request type of attach instead of launch.
  • Support for additional console logging using the keyword logging inside launch.json.
  • Bug fixes.

Version 0.8.1: July 27, 2016

  • Bug fixes.

Version 0.8.0: July 21, 2016

  • July update for C/C++ extension.
  • Support for debugging on OS X with LLDB 3.8.0. LLDB is now the default debugging option on OS X.
  • Attach to process displays a list of available processes.
  • Set variable values through Visual Studio Code's locals window.
  • Bug fixes.

Version 0.7.1: June 27, 2016

  • Bug fixes.

Version 0.7.0: June 20, 2016

  • June Update for C/C++ extension.
  • Bug fixes.
  • Switch between header and source.
  • Control which files are processed under include path.

Version 0.6.1: June 3, 2016

  • Bug fixes.

Version 0.6.0: May 24, 2016

  • May update for C/C++ extension.
  • Support for debugging on OS X with GDB.
  • Support for debugging with GDB on MinGW.
  • Support for debugging with GDB on Cygwin.
  • Debugging on 32-bit Linux now enabled.
  • Format code using clang-format.
  • Experimental fuzzy auto-completion.
  • Bug fixes.

Version 0.5.0: April 14, 2016

  • Usability and correctness bug fixes.
  • Simplify installation experience.
  • Usability and correctness bug fixes.