Subject: Re: [Boost-users] maybe ot: debugger expression evaluators
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-12-11 12:31:07
AMDG
Noah Roberts wrote:
> Does anyone know of any set of VS evaluators (
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8fwk67y3(VS.80).aspx ) that
> would make debugging code that uses some of the more internally
> complex boost constructs a bit easier? Ones I can think of that would
> make life easier:
>
> whatever is returned by bind
> smart pointers (not so bad right now actually)
> boost::function
>
> others?
>
> For instance, with the bind it would be nice to see simply the address
> of the function and an array of the arguments...with some obviously
> being displayed as "placeholder".
>
> The boost::function one could maybe just show the function object it
> stores.
>
> Currently, to get to this information you have to weed through quite a
> few levels of abstraction. Not saying this is bad, it's obviously
> necessary, but it can make debugging through these objects a bit of a
> hassle.
Take a look at
https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/DebuggerVisualizers
In Christ,
Steven Watanabe