CHANGELOG.md

C/C++ for Visual Studio Code Change Log

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
  • Potentially addresses: #368, #410, #1229, #1270, #1404
• 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
• 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
  • Joshua Cannon (@thejcannon) PR #1529
• Define _UNICODE by default on Windows platforms. #1538
  • Charles Milette (@sylveon) PR #1540

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 for stackwalk NullReferenceException. #1339
• Fix for -isystem (or -I) not being used in compile_commands.json if there's a space after it. #1343
• Fix for 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 for disappearing parameter hints tooltip. #1165
• Fix for parameter hints only showing up after the opening parenthesis. #902, #819
• Fix for 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 for 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 debugger to hang. #484
• Fix issue in MinGW/Cygwin debugging where stop debugging causes VS Code to hang. 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 for System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializationReader threw an exception when debugging on Linux. #792
• Fix for 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 for 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 03, 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.