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What's "bad_container_name"? [message #541084]

Fri, 18 June 2010 09:40

Henrik Garbergs

Messages: 5
Registered: October 2009

Junior Member

Hi!

I've created a launch configuration for an external tool in Eclipse. In the Common tab I've made it "shared". When I look in the launch file it contains (among other things) this line:

<stringAttribute key="bad_container_name" value="\MainComponent\Test_configuration"/>

What's the purpose of this line? What's with the "bad"?

My objective of all this is to create a generic launch file for an external tool that I want to use in many different projects. Everything in the launch file seem pretty generic, except the "bad_container_name" thing.

/Henrik

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Re: What's "bad_container_name"? [message #998688 is a reply to message #541084]

Thu, 10 January 2013 14:05

Tobias Bertelsen

Messages: 25
Registered: October 2011

Junior Member

I know I'm reviving an 3½ year old post, but I came across the same thing today. Anybody out there who knows the answer?

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Re: What's "bad_container_name"? [message #1779614 is a reply to message #998688]

Wed, 10 January 2018 10:33

Leo K

Messages: 4
Registered: August 2015

Junior Member

I also just found that entry in the launch configuration file. There is a comment in the org.eclipse.debug.ui.CommonTab that explains its purpose:

> This attribute exists solely for the purpose of making sure that invalid shared locations can be revertible. This attribute is not saveable and will never appear in a saved launch configuration.

Apparently the last part is not true.

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