Re: [Boost-users] maybe ot: debugger expression evaluators

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] maybe ot: debugger expression evaluators
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-12-11 12:31:07

AMDG

Noah Roberts wrote:
> Does anyone know of any set of VS evaluators ( 
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8fwk67y3(VS.80).aspx ) that 
> would make debugging code that uses some of the more internally 
> complex boost constructs a bit easier?  Ones I can think of that would 
> make life easier:
>
> whatever is returned by bind
> smart pointers (not so bad right now actually)
> boost::function
>
> others?
>
> For instance, with the bind it would be nice to see simply the address 
> of the function and an array of the arguments...with some obviously 
> being displayed as "placeholder".
>
> The boost::function one could maybe just show the function object it 
> stores.
>
> Currently, to get to this information you have to weed through quite a 
> few levels of abstraction.  Not saying this is bad, it's obviously 
> necessary, but it can make debugging through these objects a bit of a 
> hassle.

Take a look at
https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/DebuggerVisualizers

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe