C# 7 features don't work within a web project on Visual Studio 2017 RC

Question

I have several projects in the solution, and the C# 7 features, such as tuples and throw expressions, work fine in all of the library projects, but there is a (non Core) web

Answer 1

The solution is to update the Microsoft.Net.Compilers nuget package to >=2.0.0. As of now, for the 2.0.0 version to appear, the "Include prerelease" checkbox at the top of the package manager must be checked. With this installed, the Language version advanced setting doesn't have to be overridden from Default.

Answer 2

I got here trying to answer why C #7 features weren't working in VS2017. I had just upgraded an existing project just like the answer said, and at the end had gotten a message about the compiler DLL being in use and VS needing a restart.

Afterward I could type C# 7 code in the IDE fine, but it would always fail on compilation of any new feature usage. Turns out the .csproj file itself had imports for the new and old compiler like below. These did not show in the references list in the project. I deleted the old imports lines and was good to go.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><Project ToolsVersion="12.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
<Import Project="packages\Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform.1.0.8\build\net45\Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform.props" Condition="Exists('packages\Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform.1.0.8\build\net45\Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform.props')" />
  <Import Project="packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.2.8.2\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props" Condition="Exists('packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.2.8.2\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props')" />
  <Import Project="..\packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.1.3.2\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props" Condition="Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.1.3.2\build\Microsoft.Net.Compilers.props')" />
  <Import Project="..\packages\Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform.1.0.1\build\Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform.props" Condition="Exists('..\packages\Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform.1.0.1\build\Microsoft.CodeDom.Providers.DotNetCompilerPlatform.props')" />
  <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props')" />
  <PropertyGroup>
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