Changes between Version 16 and Version 17 of DebuggerVisualizers

Timestamp:

Apr 17, 2010, 2:32:49 PM (13 years ago)

Author:

fkonvick

Comment:

Added reference to MSDN articles; added Problems section

DebuggerVisualizers

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-== Visual Studio 2005 / 2008 ==
+== Visual Studio 2005 / 2008 / 2010 ==
 
 [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/default.aspx Microsoft Visual Studio 2005] is the first of the Visual Studio versions to support debugger visualizers usable for template classes. For CLR languages, such as C#, the possibilities are even more powerful, and documented. Native C++ debugger visualizers are not documented, though it was claimed by some people from Microsoft that some docs are coming - so if you know of some, please [wiki:DebuggerVisualizers#Activedevelopers let us know]!
 
-=== Native C++ Debugger Visualizers for MSVS 2005 / 2008 ===
+=== Native C++ Debugger Visualizers for MSVS 2005 / 2008 / 2010 ===
 
 The formatting rules are stored in the {{{autoexp.dat}}} text file (the {{{[Visualizer]}}} section)
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 If you're lacking a visualizer for your favorite type, [wiki:DebuggerVisualizers#Activedevelopers let us know] or write one yourself - it's easy!
 
-Note that some older files also exist in the Boost Vault at [http://boost-consulting.com/vault/index.php?directory=Debug/Visualizers_MSVC_8 Boost Vault/Debug/Visualizers_MSVC_8], which you can probably use to upload new visualizers if you create some.
+Note that some older files also exist in the Boost Vault at
+[http://boost-consulting.com/vault/index.php?directory=Debug/Visualizers_MSVC_8 Boost Vault/Debug/Visualizers_MSVC_8],
+which you can use to upload new visualizers if you create some (though most people just post a message to the Boost Users
+mailing list with an attachment).
 
 === HOWTO ===
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 Our main source of knowledge is the [http://www.virtualdub.org/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=120 blog at virtualdub.org]
 and the experience that we gained doing our own visualizers for Boost.
+
+Some valuable information can also be found in the MSDN articles ''Unsupported Operators and Additional Operators''
+and ''Restrictions on Native C++ Expressions''.
+
 I'll try to summarize our current knowledge here.
 
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 construct that can be used in the expressions. My guess (haven't tried) is that values matching {{{except_expr}}}
 are not passed to {{{#default}}}.
+
+=== Problems ===
+
+One problem is when you have a pointer to a base class and you need to cast that to a derived class.
+It seems that such type casts are unsupported.
 
 === TODO ===