new release doesn't work as advertised

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On Thursday, 13 August 2015 at 22:15:47 UTC, rumbu wrote:
> On Thursday, 13 August 2015 at 20:30:35 UTC, learn wrote:
>> btw - i still want to use D in VS 2015 only.
>
> You can use D in VS 2015 for building standard 32 bit 
> executables. Trying to build mscoff executables (32 or 64 bit) 
> will lead to various errors like the one you posted. You can 
> easily fix the paths in sc.ini, but this will lead to other 
> linking errors, because MS has changed the C std libs in VS 
> 2015.
>
> Uncheck "Use MS-COFF object file format..." in Project 
> Configuration/Compiler/Output and use x86 as platform target in 
> Visual Studio and it should work fine.
>
> Anyway, adapting D toolchain to VS2015/Win10 is work in 
> progress, probably the next version will fully support VS2015: 
> https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/druntime/pull/1341
>
> Note to the "Warmest Welcome Group Ever": I'm also using only 
> VS2015 on my tablet, I don't have enough space to keep 2 VS 
> versions.
>
> And an extract from the installation page:
>
> "... The generated object code is in MS-COFF and is meant to be 
> used with the Microsoft Visual Studio 10 or *later* compiler"."
>
> Not later than Visual Studio 13.

yup - but on other pages visuald is advertised. when you order 
aspirin you don't want get GABA. i  think it is a QS thing - when 
you release you look at all the advertisements.

btw, i need 64bit and your lovely beer (not meant jokingly)