Still no "View as array..."? Expressions window (still) broken...
Still no "View as array..."? Expressions window (still) broken...
- Subject: Still no "View as array..."? Expressions window (still) broken...
- From: Dave Thorup <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:11:26 -0600
Really!?
OK, maybe I've just missed it and if I have someone please tell me
where it is, but I'm dumbfounded that Xcode still doesn't have a
simple "View as array..." option in its debugger. Something like
CodeWarrior's would be nice where you right-click on a variable in the
variable list or ideally in the source view and select "View as
array..." which gives you a window where you specify the number of
elements you want to look at. With all the other major improvements
in Xcode 3 I really find it hard to believe that something so simple
and essential is still missing from Xcode.
Yes you can use the gdb print command format in the Expressions
window, but this is completely unintuitive to new users as well as
tedious for everyone. Plus I often forget the exact format I need to
use if I haven't been debugging arrays for a while and then need to
look it up. Not to mention that the Expressions window doesn't even
work properly most of the time. First of all, you can't edit or copy
any expressions after you've entered them - WTF! And second, the
Expressions only seem to work the first time a particular expression
is encountered. For example, I have an array, pArray, that is
declared the same way in multiple functions. If I add an expression
to view that array - *pArray@10 - then I will only be able to view the
contents of pArray in the first function that I break into. If I
break into another function that also uses pArray then the Expressions
window lists "out of scope" for it even though it is clearly in
scope. There's a workaround for this, you can double-click on the
expression to view it in its own window, but this is extremely tedious
and annoying.
Please someone tell me that there's an easier/better way to work with
arrays and expressions in Xcode. If not then I guess it's off to Bug
Reporter and praying that it'll make it into Xcode 4 and 10.6 (sigh).
Dave
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