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Pretty-print the contents of local variables in the Local Variables view #11

Closed theres-waldo closed 3 years ago

theres-waldo commented 4 years ago

While the little arrows help a bit, the contents of a local variable in the Local Variables view is still pretty hard to parse if the variable is a structure with fields that are themselves structures etc.

Pretty-printing the value the way gdb / rr does with set print pretty on would be a nice improvement.

theres-waldo commented 4 years ago

To illustrate, compare the output of the same variable in the gdb view:

gdb-view

to the locals view:

local-view

Note also the gdb view puts in enumerator names, that's a nice touch.

theres-waldo commented 3 years ago

This issue remains the primary reason I continue reaching for the gdb view. Running print localVar->mThis->mThat->mOtherThing is just so much quicker than visually scanning the non-indented text blob in the Local Variables view for those members.

khuey commented 3 years ago

We're aware that traversing complex object graphs stills sucks. You can (as of a couple months ago) put localVar->mThis->mThat->mOtherThing in the search bar to evaluate that expression without dropping into gdb though.

khuey commented 3 years ago

This has been revamped significantly and I'm going to call it finished. Please file new issues if you find additional things that annoy you.