Visual D 0.49.2

Changes from 0.49.1:

• VS2013/VS2015: VC projects broken in 0.49.1 due to unsupported msbuild variable
• visualdproj: fixed additional options not passed to single file compilation
• VS2015: workaround VS not correctly updating extension caches after uninstallation
• bugzilla 19826: visualdproj projects created for LDC still use DMD

Visual D 0.49.1

Changes from 0.49.0:

• fixed reading settings from VC projects in VS2017
• fixed determining versions from dmd versions no longer supporting -gc
• fixed reading import path from newer LDC versions
• added support for VS2019 Update 16.1
• dparser:
  • jump to original definition if it is not renamed or the caret is on the import
  • fixed import lookup if module name is also a package
  • fixed stack overflows with static foreach
  • fixed infinite loop for cyclic base classes
  • fixed more crashes during semantic highlighting

Visual D 0.49.0

Changes from 0.49.0-beta1:

• bugzilla 19690: installer fails to register MSBuild extensions for Visual Studio Build Tools
• bugzilla 19726: VC project using LDC now adds C runtime to linker dependencies
• dparser: fixed crash with "static foreach"

Visual D 0.49.0-beta1

Changes:

• installation
  • prepare for VS2019: detect installation, build against VS 2019 SDK, Win SDK 10.0.17763.0
  • bugzilla 19690: installer fails to register MSBuild extensions for Visual Studio Build Tools
• build system
  • now parallel compilation supported by VC projects (thanks to Igor Cesi)
  • bugzilla 19558: now saves all files with single file compile (and run/debug/disassemble)
  • add support for recently added command line options -mixin
  • new "Language" configuration page for -betterC, -dipNN and -transition=/-preview=/-revert= options
  • visualdproj: remove support for D1 and ancient/removed options -nofloat and -property
  • visualdproj: replaced -noboundscheck option with -boundscheck=...
  • bugzilla 19558: save all files with compile and run/debug/disassemble
  • fix reading options from vcxproj with compile and run/debug/disassemble
  • bugzilla 19726: VC project using LDC now adds C runtime to linker dependencies
• dparser
  • catch up with recent language changes:
    • contract expressions
    • traits can appear everywhere a type can be declared
    • allow @UDA for enumerator values
  • parse __vector and __parameters in IsExpression, evaluate __vector
  • fix parsing character literals with surrogate pairs
  • fix tooltips showing storage classes as type constructors
• debugger
  • bugzilla 18889: do not forward tooltip to debugger if hovering compile time identifier (type/enum)
• editor
  • tweaked default colors to better work with dark mode (restart VS and Visual D twice after switch
    between light and dark modes)

Visual D 0.48.1

Changes from 0.48.0:

• dparser:
  • fix Issue 19411: increase stack size for DParserCOMServer
  • goto definition on alias: jump to base definition if caret on alias
• build system
  • fix Issue 19445: Linking to lib under "c:\Program Files (x86)" does not work in Visual D
• dustmite
  • fix copying project for dustmite with relative paths
  • move command line options to new setup page, add dustmite command line options
• cv2pdb
  • fix crash if mspdb*.dll cannot be loaded from path
  • emit "elemtype[keytype]" instead of "dAssocArray"
  • fix missing line numbers for new versions of mspdb (e.g. 14.16.27012/VS 15.9)
• mago: variables captured from stack of outer function not displayed in locals

Visual D 0.48.0

Changes from rc1:

• synchronize color categories between dparser and colorizer
• tweak colors for dark scheme
• fix crash with dub generated project
• add 'typeof' to completion where 'typeid' is valid, too

See http://rainers.github.io/visuald/visuald/VersionHistory.html for a full list of changes from 0.47.0.

Visual D 0.48.0-rc1

Changes from beta3:

• build system
  • fixed linking privatephobos.lib if intermediate dir different from output dir
• mago
  • add option to disable strings to be expandable
  • support showing closure and capture variables as locals for dmd 2.084
• editor
  • added outlining for case statements
  • implemented commands View.PopBrowsContext and View.ForwardBrowseContext
  • reindent if multiple lines added by completion
  • tweaked formatting for enumerators, struct and array initializers
  • added option to not indent case statements
• dparser
  • 'virtual' no longer considered a keyword
  • updated list of traits for completion

Visual D 0.48.0-beta3

Changes from beta-2:

• VDServer refactoring
• experimental: option to enable semantic identifier highlighting
• mago:
  • fix crash in VS if a value is marked expandable, but doesn't yield any children
  • fix .ptr property of static array if it is a struct/class member
  • add option to disable strings to be expandable
  • support showing closure and capture variables as locals for dmd 2.084

Visual D 0.48.0-beta2

Changes from beta1:

• installer and binaries now digitally signed by the "D Language Foundation"
• installer now removes old extension folders before installation
• predefined versions now evaluated by compiler invocation
• the last user specified version was prepended to "Windows"
• mago debug engine: the disassemble view now supports SSE4 and AVX
• dparser: fix stack overflow with "static foreach"
• dparser: some improvements to expression evaluation
• expression evaluation in tooltip not shown for "normal" error

Visual D 0.48.0-beta1

Changes:

• installation
  • fixed uninstallation for VS2017
  • installation for VS2013+ now uses PackageManifest format instead of Vsix
  • VS2017: loading the Visual D package could crash with some VS installation "ids""
  • avoid initial error message regarding altered assemblies with same version
  • fix installation of the D icon for the solution explorer in VS2017
  • installer hides options for VS2005-VS2012 if not installed
• new project wizard
  • restore project templates for VS2008, new project wizard doesn't work there'
  • mixed D/C++ VC project: optionally adding main in C++, setup precompiled headers
  • new VCProject: now uses $(LatestTargetPlatformVersion) as WindowsTargetPlatformVersion to
    avoid defaulting to Windows SDK 8.1
• settings
  • fix default library path if UCRT has different version than SDK
  • VS2017: D compiler installation paths and "demangle link errors" are now saved
    to "HKCR\Softwre\Visual D" to be picked up by msbuild
  • show detected compiler version below installation path
  • removed option "parse source for syntax errors", now always on
  • removed option "expansions from text buffer", now always off
  • removed option "use semantic analysis for goto definition", now always on
  • removed option "override linker settings from sc.ini", always on as linker no
    longer set in sc.ini since dmd 2.079
  • removed option "additional linker options", it was invisible anyway
  • rearrange settings to better show their scope
• dparser
  • semantic analysis did not work if "parse source for syntax errors" was disabled
  • no semantic info for a package if any file in the package has fatal parser error
  • now has semantic support for static foreach (thanks to Alexander Bothe)
  • fixed "Find references"
• mago
  • added option to show base class fields as direct fields
  • allow suffix 'h' for hex numbers for better interoperablility with VS disassembly
  • concord: can now show return values of functions stepped over (not slices or delegates
    on x64 or small non-POD-structs)
  • concord: fix crash when showing children in data tooltip (mostly occured in VS2017)
  • concord: allow dragging addresses to the disassembly window
  • engine: Fix the way the debugger steps over instructions with REP prefix.
• cv2pdb
  • can now detect VS2017 via Setup-COM-API
  • some DWARF fixes
• when pasting code to D source file newlines are adapted to surrounding code
• fixed "Compile and Run" on selection
• fix help via F1 for dmd 2.072+