Re: Displaying fixed point in XCode debugger

Subject: Re: Displaying fixed point in XCode debugger

From: "Michael B. Johnson" <email@hidden>

Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:44:22 -0700

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On Apr 28, 2006, at 4:17 PM, James Bucanek wrote:

Steve Mills wrote on Friday, April 28, 2006:

On Apr 28, 2006, at 12:42, James Bucanek wrote:

I agree that Xcode should ship with more data formatters for common
types, but I don't think they need to go in the Variables View
menu. Maybe we can start an ad hoc group to develop a collection of
common data formatter plug-ins and donate them to the Xcode
development team?

Why do you not think they would go into the Variables View menu?

I just don't think framework-specific and header-defined data types should be hard-coded into the Xcode debugger. (While we're on this topic, I don't think that OSType belongs either.) I think the debugger should define methods for displaying primative types defined by the languages, and the rest should be handled by an extensable mechanism like custom data formatters. Otherwise, you start down the slippery slope of featurism: Today someone wants Fixed in the menu, tomorrow someone will want FSCatalogInfo in the menu, ...

I would dearly love to have things like this added based on the kind of project template I'm using, and/or the frameworks I add. If I add QuickTime, it would be great if I just got the Fixed data formatter.

I had no idea this stuff existed, and frankly, I shouldn't have to know.

my 2 cents.

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