Visual D 0.50.0-beta1 released

[Amex]

On Friday, 31 May 2019 at 16:30:02 UTC, Rainer Schuetze wrote:
> Hi,
>
> for the adventurous: I have just released a preliminary version 
> of Visual D with some new major changes:
>
> - there is now another installer available that includes DMD 
> and LDC, so no additional setup steps necessary to get you going
>
> - now checks for updates for Visual D, DMD and LDC and assists 
> with downloading and installing
>
> - experimental: highlight references to the same symbol as the 
> one at the caret (to be enabled in the editor options)
>
> - mago debugger extension: better dynamic type handling of 
> classes and interfaces, show exception message
>
> Grab it here: 
> https://github.com/dlang/visuald/releases/tag/v0.50.0-beta1
>
> Cheers,
> Rainer

Awesome! It's like Christmas all over again! Like the update 
feature!


One problem still: Dragging a variable from the debug to the 
memory still drags all the junk for v2019.


Also,

What about installing gdc like ldc and such?

Also, can we get a monthly check and having the previous install 
renamed if there is a collision so that we have the backup of the 
compiler in case anything breaks.



I haven't put it through the test but interfaces is working now! 
That is a big deal for me! I've enabled all the experimental 
features and things are a bit different(colorized and such).



> - mago debugger extension: better dynamic type handling of 
> classes and interfaces, show exception message

One thing I've always been confused on is the mago debugger vs 
visual studio(and the mixed mode).

Is there any place that shows the difference? I'm not sure which 
to use. I want to use the best obviously. There are also several 
places that have a debugger selector and I have no idea what they 
are all about.


Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!