Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8 Preview 3 Released
On June 26, 2018, Microsoft released version 15.8 Preview 3 of Visual Studio 2017. Read the announcement here. A few points worth mentioning:
- Project Loading: Visual Studio version 15.8 Preview 3 brings faster project reloads for all types of projects. Benefits are huge – project unload and reload that used to take more than a minute for large solutions now takes just a few seconds.
- C++ Templates IntelliSense: Visual Studio 2017 version 15.8 Preview 3 brings IntelliSense for Templates.
- C++ Refactoring: A new quick-fix lightbulb to convert basic macros to constexpr as a new tool to modernize your C++ code.
- Improvements for the C++ code analysis tools.
- C++ Standards: A new, experimental, token-based preprocessor that conforms to C++11 standards (including C99 preprocessor features), enabled with /experimental:preprocessor switch.
Also interesting to know, since 15.7, Visual C++ conforms with the C++ Standard. Read more about this here.
