Will Visual Studio 2015 be updated to C# 7.0 at some point in the future? Or no?

Question

My question is simple really. Will Visual Studio 2015 be updated to C# 7.0 functionality or will there be a mandatory bridge to be crossed over to get to C# 7.0 functionality in VS 15? 

Answer 1

Officially I guess that you will need to use VS "15"

For VS 2015, I don't think that "C# 7" will appear in the project properties page, Build tab, Advanced button, Language version, but see a trick here:

https://joshvarty.wordpress.com/2016/02/10/lrn-quick-tip-how-to-test-out-c-7-features-with-roslyn/

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Answer 2

Hi my friend,

Thanks for your post.

Carlos's answer is very correct and to the point.

In addition, the C# 7.0 is in Visual Studio “15” Preview, not in the VS 2015.

You may refer to the following blog:

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dotnet/2016/04/02/whats-new-for-c-and-vb-in-visual-studio/

Best Regards,

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Answer 3

I appreciate Carlos' answer but I'm not sure I wanna use unofficial hacks to get the C# 7.0 functionality in VS2015.

Just to be clear then that I understand the answer to my original question, is the answer "No, C# 7.0 will not be 'officially' carried forward into Visual Studio 2015...ever". If this is the case It seems I need to get on board with the Visual Studio 15 installation now as there is no point in delaying the issue. So I was just looking for an official confirmation. It is somewhat disappointing to hear what is being said at this point but I guess it is what it is.