To add a Logpoint, right click in the far-left margin next to a line of code. With the July 2020 update, the C++ extension now supports Logpoints for GDB and LLDB. Logpoints are like breakpoints, though, in the sense that they are not part of the source code. When your program hits a Logpoint, it will print its contents to the debug console and continue running it doesn’t stop executing as it would for a breakpoint. Logpoints (also known as Tracepoints in Visual Studio) allow you to add on-demand logging statements into your application. If you’ve ever used print statements to debug your code, Logpoints will make your life a whole lot easier. If you call TriangleArea, for example, the following documentation will pop up with information about its parameters: You’ll also see documentation while typing, such as when you’re calling a function. Then when you hover over TriangleArea in your code, you’ll see the corresponding documentation: With the July 2020 update, Visual Studio Code supports the visualization of Doxygen comments when hovering over a function and while typing.įor example, if you have the following Doxygen comment above your TriangleArea function declaration: You can annotate your code with comments that contain helpful tips about functions, then Doxygen will generate documentation from these comments. Displaying Doxygen Commentsĭoxygen is a programming tool that generates documentation for source code. To find out more about all the changes, check out our release notes on GitHub. This latest release offers brand new features, such as the visualization of Doxygen comments and support for Logpoints while debugging (GDB/LLDB), along with a bunch of enhancements and bug fixes.

The July 2020 update of the Visual Studio Code C++ extension is now available.

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