Visible Studio 2022 provides C++ atomics

Visible Studio 2022 17.5 Preview 2, the second preview of a deliberate improve to Microsoft’s signature IDE (built-in growth setting), provides a variety of usability enhancements together with a brand new search expertise, .NET capabilities equivalent to publishing ASP.NET initiatives to Azure Container Apps, and C++ capabilities equivalent to experimental help for C11 atomics.

Visible Studio 2022 17.5 Preview 2 was revealed December 13, and is now accessible from the Visible Studio web site. For C++, Microsoft has added an experimental implementation of C11 atomics to MSVC (Microsoft C++), out there as an possibility with the /experimental:c11atomics flag in /std:c11 mode or later. Operations on atomic varieties are operations which might be assured to be executed as a single transaction.

At the moment solely lock-free atomics are supported, however plans name for extending help to locking atomics as nicely. C11 atomics add the <stdatomic.h> library header, the _Atomic(T) kind specifier, and the _Atomic qualifier. The _Atomic qualifier is especially helpful for declaring structs or variables of construction varieties, as a result of it doesn’t require parentheses.

Additionally with Visible Studio 2022 17.5, Go To Definition for C++ now will use a extra refined indicator when the operation is taking extra time, changing the earlier modal dialog. Microsoft is also transport a local Arm64 Clang toolset with its LLVM workload, permitting native compilation on Arm64 machines. In one other C++ enchancment, Scorching Reload now could be supported within the CMake Undertaking template, permitting builders to switch initiatives whereas operating.

For .NET, Visible Studio 2022 17.5 now helps publishing to Azure Container Apps through Proper-click > Publish for ASP.NET initiatives. This enables for publishing on demand and organising CI/CD through GitHub Actions. Builders can view the appliance output for ASP.NET Core initiatives within the Built-in Terminal Instrument Window as an alternative of an exterior console window. If a number of ASP.NET Core initiatives are launched, every will present its output in a special Built-in Terminal Instrument Window.

Additionally in Visible Studio 2022 17.5:

• A brand new search expertise within the IDE makes it straightforward to rapidly discover menu characteristic recordsdata, varieties, and members in code all from one place. Enhancements have been made to ordering and relevancy in code search. A preview panel in code search, in the meantime, helps code outcomes for each C# and C++.
• A Sticky Scroll characteristic helps builders orient the place they’re in a file and perceive the context of code.
• A brand new and improved textual content visualizer has further instruments and string manipulation choices. Builders can do URL Encode and Decode, Base64 Encode, and Decode JWT simply.
• A Fast Add characteristic lets customers add gadgets to options with out navigating by means of the New Merchandise Dialog.
• Builders now can export a configuration file to configure contents of an offline set up format.

Visible Studio 2022 17.4 was launched final month along with .NET 7. Visible Studio 2022, launched in November 2021, introduced 64-bit help to the IDE.