changes for Visual D 1.4.1-beta1

CHANGES

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 This is the CHANGES file for visuald, a 
 Visual Studio package providing both project management and language services
 
-Copyright (c) 2010-2013 by Rainer Schuetze, All Rights Reserved
+Copyright (c) 2010-2025 by Rainer Schuetze, All Rights Reserved
 
 Version history
 ---------------
@@ -1406,3 +1406,11 @@ Version history
   * mago: fixed showing intellisense information in tool tip while debugging in VS2022
   * mago: expression evaluator now resolves identifiers of named enumerator types
   * full installer now bundled with DMD 2.110.0 and LDC 1.40.0
+
+2025-04-20 version 1.4.1-beta1
+  * dmdserver: updated to frontend of DMD 2.111.0
+  * full installer now bundled with DMD 2.111.0 and LDC 1.40.1
+  * updated to build with dmd-2.111
+  * mago: fixed display of AA key in expanded view
+  * issue #291: allow overriding the default compiler executable path in the VC project settings
+  * issue #296: VC project integration: added support to build for ARM64 with LDC

README.md

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ Copyright (c) 2010-2025 by Rainer Schuetze, All Rights Reserved
 Visual D aims at providing seamless integration of the D programming language
 into Visual Studio. 
 
-For installer download, more documentation and build instructions, please visit http://rainers.github.io/visuald/visuald/StartPage.html.
-Use forum http://forum.dlang.org/group/digitalmars.D.ide for questions and the D bug tracker https://issues.dlang.org/ to report issues.
+For installer download, more documentation and build instructions, please visit https://rainers.github.io/visuald/visuald/StartPage.html.
+Use forum https://forum.dlang.org/group/ide for questions and the D bug tracker https://github.com/dlang/visuald/issues to report issues.
 
 
 Major Features
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Major Features
   - custom build commands
   - pre/post custom build steps
   - automatic dependency generation
-  - automatic link between dependend projects
+  - automatic link between dependent projects
   - new project templates
 
 * Integration with VC projects
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ For more details, see the full text of the license in the file LICENSE_1.0.txt.
 
 The installer comes with a number of additional products:
 - cv2pdb: https://github.com/rainers/cv2pdb by Rainer Schuetze
-- mago: http://dsource.org/projects/mago_debugger by Aldo Nunez
+- mago: https://github.com/rainers/mago by Aldo Nunez/Rainer Schuetze
 - DParser: https://github.com/aBothe/D_Parser by Alexander Bothe
 
 Installation
@@ -113,17 +113,17 @@ In a nutshell:
 - build project "VisualD"
 
 For more information, visit
-http://rainers.github.io/visuald/visuald/BuildFromSource.html
+https://rainers.github.io/visuald/visuald/BuildFromSource.html
 
 More Information
 ----------------
 For more information on installation, a quick tour of Visual D with some
 screen shots and feedback, please visit the project home for Visual D at 
-[http://rainers.github.io/visuald/visuald/StartPage.html](http://rainers.github.io/visuald/visuald/StartPage.html).
+(https://rainers.github.io/visuald/visuald/StartPage.html).
 
-There's a forum dedicated to IDE discussions (http://forum.dlang.org/group/digitalmars.D.ide), where you can leave your comments and suggestions.
-Bug reports can be filed to the [D bugzilla database](https://issues.dlang.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=D) 
-for Component VisualD.
+There's a forum dedicated to IDE discussions (https://forum.dlang.org/group/digitalmars.D.ide), where you can leave your comments and suggestions.
+Bug reports can be filed to the [issues](https://github.com/dlang/visuald/issues) 
+of the repository.
 
 Have fun,
 Rainer Schuetze

VERSION

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #define VERSION_MAJOR      1
 #define VERSION_MINOR      4
-#define VERSION_REVISION   0
-#define VERSION_BETA       
-#define VERSION_BUILD      0
+#define VERSION_REVISION   1
+#define VERSION_BETA       -beta
+#define VERSION_BUILD      1

msbuild/dbuild/CompileDOpt.cs

@@ -161,11 +161,12 @@ public string CodeGeneration
             get { return GetStringProperty("CodeGeneration"); }
             set
             {
-                string[][] switchMap = new string[3][]
+                string[][] switchMap = new string[4][]
                 {
                     new string[2] { "32BitsMS-COFF", "-m32mscoff" },
                     new string[2] { "32Bits", "-m32" },
-                    new string[2] { "64Bits", "-m64" }
+                    new string[2] { "64Bits", "-m64" },
+                    new string[2] { "ARM64", "-march=arm64" }
                 };
 
 				SetEnumProperty("CodeGeneration", "Code Generation",

msbuild/dcompile.targets

@@ -371,6 +371,7 @@
       <Link>
         <AdditionalLibraryDirectories Condition="'$(Platform)' == 'Win32'">$(LDCInstallDir)\lib32;%(Link.AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
         <AdditionalLibraryDirectories Condition="'$(Platform)' == 'x64'">$(LDCInstallDir)\lib64;%(Link.AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+        <AdditionalLibraryDirectories Condition="'$(Platform)' == 'ARM64'">$(LDCInstallDir)\libarm64;%(Link.AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
         <AdditionalDependencies>$(DRuntimeLibs);$(CRuntimeLibs);%(Link.AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       </Link>
     </ItemGroup>

msbuild/dcompile_defaults.props

@@ -131,7 +131,8 @@
       <CodeGeneration Condition="'$(DCompiler)|$(Platform)' == 'DMD|Win32'">32BitsMS-COFF</CodeGeneration>
       <CodeGeneration Condition="'$(DCompiler)|$(Platform)' == 'LDC|Win32'">32Bits</CodeGeneration>
       <CodeGeneration Condition="'$(Platform)' == 'X64'">64Bits</CodeGeneration>
-      <CodeGeneration Condition="'$(Platform)' != 'Win32' and '$(Platform)' != 'X64'">echo DMD not supported on this platform
+      <CodeGeneration Condition="'$(Platform)' == 'ARM64'">ARM64</CodeGeneration>
+      <CodeGeneration Condition="'$(Platform)' != 'Win32' and '$(Platform)' != 'X64' and '$(Platform)' != 'ARM64'">echo DMD not supported on this platform
 exit 1</CodeGeneration>
 
 

msbuild/dmd.xml

@@ -82,8 +82,10 @@
     </BoolProperty>
     <BoolProperty Name="LowMem" Category="General" DisplayName="Enable garbage collection for the compiler"
                   Description="Uses less memory for the compilation at the cost of slower compilation. (-lowmem)" Switch="-lowmem" />
+	<StringProperty Name="CompilerExe" Category="General" DisplayName="Compiler executable" IncludeInCommandLine="False"
+					Description="Path to the compiler executable." />
 
-    <!-- =============== Messages =============== -->
+	  <!-- =============== Messages =============== -->
     <EnumProperty Name="Warnings" Category="Messages" DisplayName="Enable warnings" Description="Enable display of warnings. (-w, -wi)">
       <EnumValue Name="None" DisplayName="None" />
       <EnumValue Name="Info" DisplayName="warnings as messages (compilation will continue)" Switch="-wi" />
@@ -237,12 +239,12 @@
                     Description="write browse information to this JSON file." Switch="-Xf" />
 
     <!-- =============== invisible =============== -->
-    <StringProperty Name="CompilerExe" DisplayName="Command Line" Visible="False" IncludeInCommandLine="False" />
     <BoolProperty   Name="DoNotLink" DisplayName="Do Not Link" Visible="False" IncludeInCommandLine="True" Switch="-c" />
     <EnumProperty   Name="CodeGeneration" DisplayName="Code Generation" Visible="False" IncludeInCommandLine="True" >
       <EnumValue Name="32BitsMS-COFF" DisplayName="Generate 32 bit code and write MS-COFF object files" Switch="-m32mscoff" />
       <EnumValue Name="32Bits" DisplayName="Generate 32 bit code" Switch="-m32" />
       <EnumValue Name="64Bits" DisplayName="Generate 64 bit code" Switch="-m64" />
+      <EnumValue Name="ARM64" DisplayName="Generate ARM64 code" Switch="-march=arm64" />
     </EnumProperty>
     <StringProperty Subtype="AdditionalOptions" Name="AdditionalOptions" Category="Command Line"
                     DisplayName="Additional Options" Description="Additional Options" />

msbuild/ldc.xml

@@ -82,8 +82,10 @@
     </BoolProperty>
     <BoolProperty Name="LowMem" Category="General" DisplayName="Enable garbage collection for the compiler"
                   Description="Uses less memory for the compilation at the cost of slower compilation. (-lowmem)" Switch="-lowmem" />
+	<StringProperty Name="CompilerExe" Category="General" DisplayName="Compiler executable" IncludeInCommandLine="False"
+					Description="Path to the compiler executable." />
 
-    <!-- =============== Messages =============== -->
+	<!-- =============== Messages =============== -->
     <EnumProperty Name="Warnings" Category="Messages" DisplayName="Enable warnings" Description="Enable display of warnings. (-w, -wi)">
       <EnumValue Name="None" DisplayName="None" />
       <EnumValue Name="Info" DisplayName="warnings as messages (compilation will continue)" Switch="-wi" />
@@ -234,6 +236,7 @@
       <EnumValue Name="32BitsMS-COFF" DisplayName="Generate 32 bit code and write MS-COFF object files" Switch="-m32mscoff" />
       <EnumValue Name="32Bits" DisplayName="Generate 32 bit code" Switch="-m32" />
       <EnumValue Name="64Bits" DisplayName="Generate 64 bit code" Switch="-m64" />
+      <EnumValue Name="ARM64" DisplayName="Generate ARM64 code" Switch="-march=arm64" />
     </EnumProperty>
     <StringProperty Subtype="AdditionalOptions" Name="AdditionalOptions" Category="Command Line"
                     DisplayName="Additional Options" Description="Additional Options" />

nsis/visuald.nsi

@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@
 
 ; define DMD source path to include dmd installation
 ; !define DMD 
-!define DMD_VERSION "2.110.0"
+!define DMD_VERSION "2.111.0"
 !define DMD_SRC c:\d\dmd-${DMD_VERSION}
 
 ; define LDC to include ldc installation
 ; !define LDC
-!define LDC_VERSION "1.40.0"
+!define LDC_VERSION "1.40.1"
 !define LDC_SRC c:\d\ldc2-${LDC_VERSION}-windows-multilib
 
 ; define VS2019 to include VS2019 support
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ ${MementoSection} "Install DMD" SecDMD
   !define DmdBaseDir "$CompilerInstallDir\dmd-${DMD_VERSION}"
   ${SetOutPath} "${DmdBaseDir}"
   File /r ${DMD_SRC}\html
-  File /r ${DMD_SRC}\samples
+  ;File /r ${DMD_SRC}\samples
   File /r ${DMD_SRC}\src
   File /r ${DMD_SRC}\windows
   File ${DMD_SRC}\license.txt
@@ -745,6 +745,8 @@ ${MementoSectionEnd}
 !endif
 
 !macro RegisterPlatform Vxxx Platform
+  !define UniqueID ${__LINE__}
+  IfFileExists '${Vxxx}\Platforms\${Platform}' +1 NoPlatformDir_${UniqueID}
     ${SetOutPath} "${Vxxx}\Platforms\${Platform}\ImportBefore\Default"
     ${File} ..\msbuild\ImportBefore\Default\ d.props
     ${SetOutPath} "${Vxxx}\Platforms\${Platform}\ImportBefore"
@@ -754,6 +756,8 @@ ${MementoSectionEnd}
     ${SetOutPath} "${Vxxx}\Platforms\${Platform}\ImportAfter"
     ${File} ..\msbuild\ImportAfter\ d.targets
     ${File} ..\msbuild\ImportAfter\ general_d.targets
+  NoPlatformDir_${UniqueID}:
+  !undef UniqueID
 !macroend
 !define RegisterPlatform "!insertmacro RegisterPlatform"
 
@@ -792,6 +796,7 @@ ${MementoSection} "MSBuild integration" SecMSBuild
   StrCmp $1 "" NoVS2022
     ${RegisterPlatform} "$1\MsBuild\Microsoft\VC\v170" "x64"
     ${RegisterPlatform} "$1\MsBuild\Microsoft\VC\v170" "Win32"
+    ${RegisterPlatform} "$1\MsBuild\Microsoft\VC\v170" "ARM64"
     ${RegisterIcons} "17.0"
 
     !define V170_GENERAL_XML "$1\MsBuild\Microsoft\VC\v170\1033\general.xml"
@@ -809,6 +814,7 @@ ${MementoSection} "MSBuild integration" SecMSBuild
   StrCmp $1 "" NoVS2022_2
     ${RegisterPlatform} "$1\MsBuild\Microsoft\VC\v170" "x64"
     ${RegisterPlatform} "$1\MsBuild\Microsoft\VC\v170" "Win32"
+    ${RegisterPlatform} "$1\MsBuild\Microsoft\VC\v170" "ARM64"
     ${RegisterIcons} "17.0"
 
     !define V170_GENERAL_XML_2 "$1\MsBuild\Microsoft\VC\v170\1033\general.xml"
@@ -826,6 +832,7 @@ ${MementoSection} "MSBuild integration" SecMSBuild
   StrCmp $1 "" NoVS2022_3
     ${RegisterPlatform} "$1\MsBuild\Microsoft\VC\v170" "x64"
     ${RegisterPlatform} "$1\MsBuild\Microsoft\VC\v170" "Win32"
+    ${RegisterPlatform} "$1\MsBuild\Microsoft\VC\v170" "ARM64"
     ${RegisterIcons} "17.0"
 
     !define V170_GENERAL_XML_3 "$1\MsBuild\Microsoft\VC\v170\1033\general.xml"
@@ -843,6 +850,7 @@ ${MementoSection} "MSBuild integration" SecMSBuild
   StrCmp $1 "" NoVS2022_4
     ${RegisterPlatform} "$1\MsBuild\Microsoft\VC\v170" "x64"
     ${RegisterPlatform} "$1\MsBuild\Microsoft\VC\v170" "Win32"
+    ${RegisterPlatform} "$1\MsBuild\Microsoft\VC\v170" "ARM64"
     ${RegisterIcons} "17.0"
 
     !define V170_GENERAL_XML_4 "$1\MsBuild\Microsoft\VC\v170\1033\general.xml"
@@ -859,6 +867,7 @@ ${MementoSection} "MSBuild integration" SecMSBuild
   StrCmp $1 "" NoVS2022BT
     ${RegisterPlatform} "$1\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets" "x64"
     ${RegisterPlatform} "$1\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets" "Win32"
+    ${RegisterPlatform} "$1\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets" "ARM64"
     ${RegisterIcons} "17.0"
 
     !define V170BT_GENERAL_XML "$1\Common7\IDE\VC\VCTargets\1033\general.xml"

stdext/com.d

@@ -57,14 +57,6 @@ C newCom(C, T...)(T arguments) if(is(C : ComObject) && T.length > 0)
 
 class ComObject : IUnknown
 {
-	version(none)
-	@disable new(size_t size)
-	{
-		assert(false); // should not be called because we don't have enough type info
-		void* p = gc_malloc(size, 1, typeid(ComObject)); // BlkAttr.FINALIZE
-		return p;
-	}
-
 extern (Windows):
 	override HRESULT QueryInterface(const IID* riid, void** ppv)
 	{

vdc/dmdserver/dmderrors.d

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ private __gshared // under gErrorSync lock
 
 	private string gLastHeader;
 	private string[] gLastErrorMsgs; // all but first are supplemental
-	private Loc[] gLastErrorLocs;
+	private SourceLoc[] gLastErrorLocs;
 }
 
 void flushLastError()
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ void flushLastError()
 		char[] msg;
 		if (pos < gLastErrorLocs.length)
 		{
-			Loc loc = gLastErrorLocs[pos];
+			auto loc = gLastErrorLocs[pos];
 			int len = snprintf(buf.ptr, buf.length, "%d,%d,%d,%d:", loc.linnum, loc.charnum - 1, loc.linnum, loc.charnum);
 			msg ~= buf[0..len];
 		}
@@ -57,15 +57,16 @@ void flushLastError()
 			if (i > 0)
 				msg ~= "\a";
 
-			Loc loc = gLastErrorLocs[i];
+			auto loc = gLastErrorLocs[i];
 			if (i == pos)
 			{
 				if (i > 0)
 					msg ~= "--> ";
 			}
 			else if (loc.filename)
 			{
-				int len = snprintf(buf.ptr, buf.length, "%s(%d): ", loc.filename, loc.linnum);
+				auto fn = loc.filename;
+				int len = snprintf(buf.ptr, buf.length, "%.*s(%d): ", cast(int)fn.length, fn.ptr, loc.linnum);
 				msg ~= buf[0..len];
 			}
 			msg ~= gLastErrorMsgs[i];
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ void flushLastError()
 
 	size_t otherLocs;
 	foreach (loc; gLastErrorLocs)
-		if (!loc.filename || _stricmp(loc.filename, gErrorFile) != 0)
+		if (!loc.filename || icmp(loc.filename, gErrorFile) != 0)
 			otherLocs++;
 
 	if (otherLocs == gLastErrorLocs.length)
@@ -87,8 +88,8 @@ void flushLastError()
 		// prepend the loc inside gErrorFile to the beginning of the error message
 		for (size_t i = 0; i < gLastErrorLocs.length; i++)
 		{
-			Loc loc = gLastErrorLocs[i];
-			if (loc.filename && _stricmp(loc.filename, gErrorFile) == 0)
+			auto loc = gLastErrorLocs[i];
+			if (loc.filename && icmp(loc.filename, gErrorFile) == 0)
 			{
 				gErrorMessages ~= genErrorMessage(i) ~ "\n";
 				break;
@@ -101,15 +102,15 @@ void flushLastError()
 	gLastErrorMsgs.length = 0;
 }
 
-bool errorPrint(const ref Loc loc, Color headerColor, const(char)* header,
+bool errorPrint(const ref SourceLoc loc, Color headerColor, const(char)* header,
 				const(char)* format, va_list ap, const(char)* p1 = null, const(char)* p2 = null) nothrow
 {
 	if (!loc.filename)
 		return true;
 
 	try synchronized(gErrorSync)
 	{
-		bool other = _stricmp(loc.filename, gErrorFile) != 0;
+		bool other = icmp(loc.filename, gErrorFile) != 0;
 		while (header && std.ascii.isWhite(*header))
 			header++;
 		bool supplemental = !header || !*header;