keywords: Visual Studio, Features Notes

Visual Studio 2017

Debug

Data Breakpoints – Visual Studio 2017 15.8 Update
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/data-breakpoints-15-8-update/

Visual Studio 2019

Compilation

/Ob (Inline Function Expansion)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/reference/ob-inline-function-expansion?view=msvc-160

Profiling

AddressSanitizer for Windows: x64 and Debug Build Support
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/asan-for-windows-x64-and-debug-build-support/
AddressSanitizer for Windows with MSVC (Recommended)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/sanitizers/asan?view=msvc-170

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