[question] Conan 2.0: Using is_msvc fails in validate trying access settings

[prince-chrismc]

conan-io/conan-center-index#13525 (comment)

    def validate(self):
        if is_msvc(self) and self.info.options.shared:
            raise ConanInvalidConfiguration(f"{self.ref} shared not supported by Visual Studio")

gives a ConanException: 'self.settings' access in 'validate()' method is forbidden

conan/conan/tools/microsoft/visual.py

Line 288 in a1abe13

return settings.get_safe("compiler") == "msvc"

• is this expected (it's the default 1.x convention)?
• should this type of check be done in valdiate_build?

[AbrilRBS]

self.info access in validate/validate_build is kept for backwards compatibility, but the recommended approach is not to use it, and directly access the necessary information, and keep self.info exclusively for the package_id() method.

Closing as solved now that the behaviour has been clarified and the mentioned error removed