| monitor memory of array variable (RE: [cdt-debug-dev] getValueString for array variable) |
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Hi, Mikhail,
That makes sense.
But what should be displayed in detail pane when user
selects the array var ? or when user watch the _expression_ "myarray" ? Nothing,
or its address ? Currently our debugger displays the address in the detail pane
through another call chain from
ICValue.evaluateAsExpression().
And more importantly -- here's
actually why I initiated the original question ;) , what if user
enters array name ("myarray") for a new Memory Monitor in the hope of watching
the memory of the array ? Currently CDT would just complains
"invalid _expression_ type". That can be fixed easily. But how to get the address
of "myarray", by calling IValue.getValueString() or
ICValue.evaluateAsExpression() ?
Here's a tmp fix I added in
CMemoryBlockRetrievalExtension.getExtendedMemoryBlock(). My change is in red and
italics. As stated in my comment, we need a better way, but what's
it ?
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if ( type != null && (type.isPointer() ||
type.isIntegralType() || type.isArray()) )
{
address = value.getValueString(); if (address.equals("")) { // For an array var, the above call to getValueString() (CIndexedValue one) // above returns "". Instead of changing CIndexedValue.getValueString(), // I just do following here as we do when evaluating an _expression_ in // _expression_ View. This change is not ideal in logic, but what's a better way ? if (value instanceof ICValue) address = ((ICValue)value).evaluateAsExpression(frame); } ------------------- Thanks.
-- Ling
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