Hello, We're pleased to announce the release of Python Tools for Visual Studio - Beta 2 available here http://pytools.codeplex.com/releases/view/63597 . This release is a minor update which fixes the top reported customer problems reported on CodePlex, crashing bugs reported via Watson, as well as a number of issues discovered via our internal testing. Included in these fixes are better support for IronPython fixing issues with both the WPF designer as well as Silverlight debugging, numerous small improvements to the debugger, auto-indent, an updated installer which supports both per-user and per-machine installs, fixes for source control support, and much more. This release doesn't include any major new functionality and instead just focuses on stabilization and bug fixing.
We'd like to thank all of the users who took the time to report issues and feedback: 42K, asqui, btribble, enniot, eyeofhell, fergalmoran, gnezim, Haozes, impulse9, jodNi, JohnMueller, loocas, nriley, pegorov, pkohut, proofy, pymab, reckoner1, sinsanity, slideomix, stjohnburn, TheBits, Zooba, and Zugzwang. A complete list of bugs fixed: Unhandled exception on interpreter/file mismatch Execute File in repl does not work for CPython 3.2 Crash while parsing frozenset generator CPython 3.2 64-bit repl won't open: "Parameter 'String' cannot be null." Lambdas with multiple parameters as an argument affects highlighted parameter Run-in-repl for custom interpreter deadlocks devenv.exe Deleting a file or folder does not remove reference from .pyproj Custom interpreter changes require VS restart BuildRelease.ps1 script breaks without TFS access String and operator/opening colouring Tooltips do not look at tokens to the right of the mouse cursor .pyw source code files not treated as python source code Autoindent still works within multiline strings Referenced folders/files are not validated on project load "If you change a file name extension..." message on renaming folders/modules Set as Startup file does not provide full/sufficient path Hex view does not work when debugging Ctrl+W,# shortcuts don't work with code window open MSI installer built from repository not working Don't assume "param=None" means type(param) is NoneType repl continues indent into result Undeletable indent in repl Crashes Visual Studio on certain kind of code in python file Install/uninstall release affects experimental instance of VS Autocomplete of member function calls via self.xyz shows self parameter Project menu does not contain "Add..." items if a folder is not selected No auto-indent after "else: #comment" Auto dedent on 'pass' Exception tracebacks are displayed twice Exception tracebacks include "internal" frame Cyrillic text in docstring brakes tooltip "operator" color can't be changed from "fonts and colors" Cannot view children of a set() in debugger Parameter Intellisense not started by comma Ctrl+Shift+Space to display parameter tooltip Highlight matching brackets Project Debug Properties can only be updated once Profile Project ignores debug properties Failure in Python parser: System.ArgumentNullException win32com module doesn't show up in intellisense database Intellisense is not work? Breakpoints not hit sometimes Crash/hang on typing in Python interactive window WindowsInterpreterPath replaces PathEnvironmentVariable File > Source Control > Change Source Control... results in an error Restart required between change default interpreter for colouring and run-in-repl Better analysis of relative imports Fixed issues with programs involving a large number of threads Fix Silverlight debugging w/ IronPython Fix profiling on some 64-bit Python versions Improve Unicode support on Python 3.x debugging MPI debugging selects compute nodes by default Improve display of Unicode strings in the debugger Improved repr of byte strings, Unicode strings, complex numbers when used as default value for a parameter Fix issue with breakpoints not being hit sometimes -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list Support the Python Software Foundation: http://www.python.org/psf/donations/