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Re: Still no "View as array..."? Expressions window (still) broken...
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Re: Still no "View as array..."? Expressions window (still) broken...


  • Subject: Re: Still no "View as array..."? Expressions window (still) broken...
  • From: Steve Mills <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:42:50 -0600

On Nov 14, 2007, at 12:29:52, Dave Thorup wrote:

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.


I totally agree. It should've been in 1.0. I submitted radar://3539888 in January of 2004, asking for these items to be added to the variable contextual menu:

View Memory (since been added or improved)
View as Array
C String
Pascal String
Unicode String

The 3 string types are important when you're looking at a chunk of data that has string data in them somewhere. I'd now extend this to UTF_8, UTF_16, and UTF_32 to cover all the bases.

I also agree that the Expressions feature needs to be a lot smarter and more flexible (like editing an existing expression).

Steve Mills
Drummer, Mac geek
http://sjmills5.home.mchsi.com/


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