{"id":4628,"date":"2025-12-05T16:32:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T20:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wholetomato.com\/blog\/?p=4628"},"modified":"2025-12-08T11:14:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T15:14:41","slug":"writing-safer-c-introducing-visual-assists-new-code-safety-inspections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wholetomato.com\/blog\/writing-safer-c-introducing-visual-assists-new-code-safety-inspections\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Safer C++: Introducing Visual Assist\u2019s New Code Safety Inspections"},"content":{"rendered":"

C++ Safety is one of the most important conversations happening in software right now. From industry leaders to government agencies, including recent guidance coming from the U.S. government, there is a renewed call to strengthen memory safety and reduce classes of bugs that have historically plagued C and C++ projects.<\/span><\/p>\n

But here is the reality: C++ remains one of the most critical languages in the world. Operating systems, embedded systems, real time control software, game engines, medical devices, aerospace systems, these all rely on C++ for its power, determinism, and performance. Rewriting the world in another language is unrealistic.<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead, we need tools that help developers write safer C++ today.<\/span><\/p>\n

With that goal in mind, the latest release<\/a> of Visual Assist introduces a major new capability: C++ Safety Code Inspections, designed to surface correctness issues, prevent subtle runtime failures, and reinforce best practices drawn from CERT, the C++ Core Guidelines, and modern safety literature.<\/span><\/p>\n

This post will guide you through how to enable the new feature, what categories of checkers are included, and what kinds of issues these inspections can help you catch before they reach production.<\/span><\/p>\n

Enabling C++ Safety Code Inspections<\/span><\/h2>\n

Getting started takes just a few seconds. In Visual Studio:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Go to Extensions – VAssistX – Visual Assist Options<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Open the Code Inspections section<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Enable Enable Code Inspections<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Choose one of the inspection sets:<\/span>\n