| view / inspect return value after step out / return like Visual Studio [message #233066] |
Thu, 20 July 2006 12:57  |
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Originally posted by: bill.mcdonald.avnet.com
In Visual Studio, the debugger always listed the return value(s) from a
method call right after you did a step out / return. It disapears upon the
next 'step' command.
In eclipse it seems, I have to highlight the method call, and then evaluate
the expression or inspect it with ctrl-shift-I.
This gets tedious in Eclipse and I prefer that the return values display
automatically and then go away like they do in the Visual Studio debugger.
I usually step into and then return right away just to make sure that the
values I expect from the method call are correct. I don't like the way the
UI makes me highlight things all the time. Although this feature is useful
for expression inspection, the automation of return values is very useful.
Am I missing something about Eclipse? Does it already have this (or
similarly automated) functionality? If so, what is it? If not, is there a
plug-in (I'm using IBM RAD actually) that would offer the UI behavior I'm
looking for?
TIA
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| Re: view / inspect return value after step out / return like Visual Studio [message #233114 is a reply to message #233066] |
Fri, 21 July 2006 13:03  |
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Historically this has been because java (JPDA specifically) didn't
provide the return values. There's an enhancement request for this
feature already. See https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=75519
for the details.
Kevin
Bill wrote:
> In Visual Studio, the debugger always listed the return value(s) from a
> method call right after you did a step out / return. It disapears upon the
> next 'step' command.
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> In eclipse it seems, I have to highlight the method call, and then evaluate
> the expression or inspect it with ctrl-shift-I.
>
> This gets tedious in Eclipse and I prefer that the return values display
> automatically and then go away like they do in the Visual Studio debugger.
> I usually step into and then return right away just to make sure that the
> values I expect from the method call are correct. I don't like the way the
> UI makes me highlight things all the time. Although this feature is useful
> for expression inspection, the automation of return values is very useful.
>
> Am I missing something about Eclipse? Does it already have this (or
> similarly automated) functionality? If so, what is it? If not, is there a
> plug-in (I'm using IBM RAD actually) that would offer the UI behavior I'm
> looking for?
>
> TIA
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