Re: [cdt-dev] Value of pointer not updated after allocation.

[Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 17-04-03 07:48 AM, Sai Krishna Tati Pati wrote:
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> Recently I faced a problem where, the value of a pointer declared using typedef was not getting updated in the Variable View.
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> Int my_var=10;
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> typedef int *p_test_t;
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> p_test_t = &my_var;
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> After some googling, I found this bug -> https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=399494#c9
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> Now, it is mentioned in the link that, the side effects of removing isModifiable() is not known. Using the patch, solves the problem, but it makes every single entity inside a complex type update - able. This is a concern if the complex type is a struct with a million arrays, then, the variable view takes forever to load.
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> Is there a way to study the side effects and provide a more elegant solution to the bug?
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> Thanks.

Hi,

Is this the patch you are trying?

https://git.eclipse.org/r/#/c/89639/

If so, can you provide an example of file that is problematic (struct with millions of arrays)?

Thanks,

Simon