Visual C++ Team Blog

Hello

You can submit suggestions (as well as bugs) on http://connect.microsoft.com/.

Thanks

Damien

Hello

Thanks for taking the time to post and providing us with your feedback. IntelliSense is a major complaint we hear from many customers. For example if you look at this thread on a posting by Soma (http://blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/archive/2007/08/08/visual-c-futures.aspx) you can find in Bill Dunlap’s response:

“1) IDE performance/scalability - we hear you loud and clear.  This is something we absolutely are looking to address in Orcas+1.  We know that many of you are working with MLOC and we need to update the IDE to support this better.

2) IntelliSense isn't very good - we are working on this one as well.  As indicated previously, our goal is to provide a "C#-like" IntelliSense experience in Orcas+1.  We working on a front-end parser re-architecture right now that will facilitate this (and a whole lot more)” – by the way Orcas +1 now means VS2010.

And we are on track to deliver the new architecture in VS2010. In fact Boris spoke about and demonstrated this work at the PDC recently, http://channel9.msdn.com/pdc2008/TL13/. This has also recently been covered by another Soma posting: “The IntelliSense engine, which powers the majority of the IDE features, received a major architectural overhaul with a sharp focus on eliminating inefficiencies that surface when dealing with large codebases.  A prime example of this is that the IDE remains responsive even while editing source files in very large codebases.  Source edits no longer trigger massive updates of the symbol database even with the most complex source dependencies.  Visual C++ developers who often edit header files deep down in the include hierarchy or switch project configurations will notice the huge improvement in IDE responsiveness.” (http://blogs.msdn.com/somasegar/archive/2008/11/21/c-enhancements-in-vs-2010.aspx)

Unfortunately the fix really did need a “major architectural overhaul” and this takes time/effort. We are looking forward to your responses to new engine in VS2010!

Thanks

Damien

Hello Richard

Re: Saturday, December 13, 2008 8:34 AM by Richard Green

> Thank you Damien for your suggestion.  I did post a suggestion at the connection.

Many thanks for doing that. We will take a look next week, of course I cannot commit to anything or any timeframes however if you never ask for something it is unlikely you will every get.

Thanks

Damien