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Fix Visual Basic 16.0 documentation issues: remove incorrect 15.8 references and update WinForms info#48159

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Fix Visual Basic 16.0 documentation issues: remove incorrect 15.8 references and update WinForms info#48159
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This PR addresses several documentation issues in the Visual Basic "What's new" documentation that were reported in issue #14362:

Issues Fixed

1. Removed incorrect "Visual Basic 15.8" references

  • Fixed the floating-point optimization section that incorrectly referenced "Visual Basic 15.8"
  • Fixed the comments section that incorrectly referenced "Visual Basic 15.8 and earlier versions"
  • Visual Basic 15.8 never existed as a released version - the sequence was 15.5 → 16.0

2. Updated WinForms information for .NET Core

  • Changed outdated text saying WinForms features "will be added in a later version of Visual Basic"
  • Updated to reflect that WinForms support was actually added with .NET Core 3.0

3. Corrected version references

  • Changed "Visual Basic 15.8 and earlier versions" to "Visual Basic 15.5 and earlier versions" in the comments feature description
  • This correctly reflects that VB 15.5 was the last version before 16.0

Verification

The langversion compiler documentation was also verified and confirmed to be correct - it properly omits the non-existent 15.8 version and only lists valid language versions: 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 15.3, 15.5, 16, 16.9.

These changes ensure the Visual Basic documentation accurately reflects the actual version history and current state of .NET Core WinForms support.

Fixes #14362.


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Copilot AI changed the title [WIP] Reminder complete description of VB16 Fix Visual Basic 16.0 documentation issues: remove incorrect 15.8 references and update WinForms info Aug 27, 2025
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This is good. Adding @adegeo and @KlausLoeffelmann to see if they want further changes.

@BillWagner BillWagner marked this pull request as ready for review August 28, 2025 13:55
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