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Official repository for the Microsoft C/C++ extension for VS Code.

26 mentions on Hacker News by 23 people: 1 story, 25 comments · first 2016-09-09 · latest 2025-08-11

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  1. …https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/blob/master/docs/extens... https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools/wiki/Microsoft-...
  2. …https://github.com/VSCodium/vscodium/blob/master/docs/extens... https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools/wiki/Microsoft-... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguis...
  3. …not supported on VSCode, always pissed when I get notifications from this 5 y.o. thread [0]. 0: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools/issues/6302
    comment by Toritori12 · 2025-05-31 · in C++ to Rust Phrasebook
  4. How is it not open-source? It's licensed under MIT + VS Marketplace Terms: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools?tab=License-1-o... If you fork it and don't use VS Marketplace, it's only MIT. Or am I missing something?
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    VSCode cpptools extension drops debug support on CentOS 7 and RHEL 7
    story by xgdgsc · 2025-02-07 · 1 comment
  6. Assuming that you're referring to https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools/issues/6302 , I see two comments along these lines, neither of which is from actual implementers. That isn't evidence either that the standard is a mess, nor…
    comment by int_19h · 2024-11-14 · in JSON for Classic C++
  7. …for Microsoft to say, for example, the cpptools extension is MIT licensed, which it is. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools?tab=License-1-o... In reality, it's a MIT-licensed wrapper. The real license is also included in the…
  8. …binary blobs in them that are fundamental core parts of functionality to the codebase[2][3][4] [0] https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools/issues/6388#iss... [1] https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools/issues/5784 [2]…
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20240927000850/https://github.co...
  10. Here's a good comment thread from cpptools extension: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools/discussions/126... Having not delved too deeply into building from source, this post suggests it's not even possible. We will need some new…
  11. …between using MS official build and compiling the source (there will be some for sure). [1] https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools/blob/main/LICEN...
  12. …MS would fix VSCode[0] :'( .Come on, the feature if more than half a decade old and this point. 0: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools/issues/6302
  13. The actual repo seems MIT though https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools/blob/main/LICEN... ... what is missing from this?
  14. …example, the C/C++ parser also appears to claim to be "MIT" licensed if you go to the repository: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools/blob/main/LICEN... However, it actually is not, by evidenced by the two line disclaimer at the…
  15. …At runtime the extension downloads binary blobs which have a lot more restrictive license. See https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools/tree/main/Runti... . This effectively makes it illegal to use the extension in non official Visual…
  16. …extensions seem to be open source, but I think you’re right about the remote development one. https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-cpptools https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python
  17. Apparently a bug in the CPP addon with uninitialised memory, doesn't repro with debug logging. https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools/issues/9041
  18. It's due to the C/C++ extension: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools/issues/9041
  19. …alternate versions can not deliver the functionalities like integration with platformIO. See also https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools/issues/6518 Microsoft wants people to write code for them for free. Not for other projects to…
    comment by Melkman · 2021-06-09 · in Microsoft is all-in on Open Source
  20. …dependent on this extension you can not run it without submitting to tracking. That sucks. See also https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools/issues/6518
    comment by Melkman · 2021-05-11 · in The Arduino IDE 2.0 beta
  21. …to OVSX: https://github.com/open-vsx/publish-extensions/issues/86 More cpp tools licensing details: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools/issues/5784 Edit: you can run theia from one computer and use it via the browser on another.…
  22. Your claim is supported by the "Offline installation" section of: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools "The extension has platform-specific binary dependencies , therefore installation via the Marketplace requires an Internet…
  23. I'm using https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools to debug.
  24. …didn't eventually find a workaround, here's how I was able to get lldb-mi to work in Catalina: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools/issues/3829#iss... I also had the library issue mentioned here and copied the file the same way to…
  25. …Looks like they've implemented fixes for C++ and nodejs though: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-cpptools/issues/85#issue... https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode/issues/39144#issuecommen...
    comment by shawnz · 2019-03-20 · in Is WSL actually ready for developers?
  26. This may be due to a bug I've filed a few days ago: https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-cpptools/issues/191#issu... Unfortunately, it seems that the fix hasn't been landed on this release yet.
    comment by W0lf · 2016-09-09 · in Visual Studio Code 1.5