C/C++ for Visual Studio Code

This preview release of the extension adds language support for C/C++ to Visual Studio Code including:

• Language service
  • Code Formatting (clang-format)
  • Auto-Completion
  • Symbol Searching
  • Go to Definition/Declaration
  • Peek Definition/Declaration
  • Class/Method Navigation
  • Signature Help
  • Quick Info (Hover)
  • Error Squiggles
• Debugging
  • Support for debugging Windows (PDB, MinGW/Cygwin), Linux and macOS applications
  • Line by line code stepping
  • Breakpoints (including conditional and function breakpoints)
  • Variable inspection
  • Multi-threaded debugging support
  • Core dump debugging support
  • Executing GDB or MI commands directly when using 'C++ (GDB/LLDB)' debugging environment
  • For help configuring the debugger see Configuring launch.json for C/C++ debugging on our GitHub page.

You can find more detailed information about C/C++ support for Visual Studio Code at our GitHub page and our VS Code documentation page.

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