watching wxString

[killerbot]

In older svn builds I was able to see the value of wxString variables in the debugger/watches, I could see the content of the m_pchData, but now nothing is visible anymore ? Might this be a unicode effect ??

[mandrav]

Might this be a unicode effect ??

Exactly.

[killerbot]

any solution in the pipeline ?

[mandrav]

any solution in the pipeline ?

Not yet but I 'm looking for one...

[grv575]

/nhc ??

http://blogs.msdn.com/joelpob/archive/2004/04/21/117664.aspx

[mandrav]

x /nhc displays only a character. I 'm searching for a solution for strings...

[Michael]

x /nhc displays only a character. I 'm searching for a solution for strings...

This could help?

Michael

[mandrav]

Thanks for the link Michael, but it assumes that you have in *your* executable a couple of convenient functions. We want C::B to handle this automatically though.

But I 've found a workaround already. Testing its last bits now and committing soon

[Michael]

We want C::B to handle this automatically though.

Yes, I agree. Automatically would be preferably.

But I 've found a workaround already. Testing its last bits now and committing soon

Great .

Afer this document:

More work inside GDB is needed to support multi-byte or variable-width character encodings, like the UTF-8 and UCS-2 encodings of Unicode.

I can just hope that this work will be done in a not-so-far future .

Michael

[mandrav]

Yes, I agree. Automatically would be preferably.

Hehe, we 're only aiming for the best

OK committed.
Notes:

• New watch format defined: wxString
• Automatically recognizes watched variable's type and sets its format to wxString if appropriate. This means the user is required to do nothing. Just watch his wxString variable ;)
• Haven't tested with ANSI wxString. Could someone using the ANSI C::B test it?
• It doesn't work inside "Local variables" and "Function arguments" automatic watches. Only in user-added watches (no big deal, is it?).

:lol:

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[killerbot]

It doesn't work inside "Local variables" and "Function arguments" automatic watches. Only in

Is it a big job to get it also working in those cases ?
Well for the moment we'll just add them manually (manual automatically ;-) )

[mandrav]

Is it a big job to get it also working in those cases ?

If it was easy I would have done it already.
On the other hand, I implemented it for tooltip evaluation too

[rickg22]

Yeah but what happens to wxStrings in the locals? I need to add the watch AGAIN, even if the variable (now useless) remains in the locals.