Re: Displaying fixed point in XCode debugger
Re: Displaying fixed point in XCode debugger
- Subject: Re: Displaying fixed point in XCode debugger
- From: James Bucanek <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:17:52 -0700
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, ...
What would be nice, and probably worth filing an enhancement request, would be some kind of "View Using Formatter" menu that would let you quickly choose from a set of useful custom data formatters and have it applied to an arbitrary value. That would put them in the menu where they are handy, allow them to be customized by the user, and still keep them separate from the Xcode application.
Just my opinion, and worth every cent you paid for it.
James Bucanek
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