Re: Patch: implement new dynamic varobj spec

Vladimir Prus
2009-09-16T05:45:10Z

Nick Roberts wrote:

> > With a dynamic varobj you can tell if it has children by examining the
> > has_more attribute.
>
> The field has_more tells you if it _currently_ has children. If you create a
> variable object of a STL container immediately after declaring an empty
> container, e.g. after
>
> map<string, int> m;
>
> then has_more=0 yet the node for it would need to be expandable. In Emacs
> this means there is a plus sign on the icon in the toolbar. Clicking on
> it gives no immediate children but then as you proceed:
>
> l.push_back (1);
> l.push_back (2);
>
> the additional children appear. With a string there are never any children
> so you would not want an expandable node. AFAICS the only way the front end
> can discriminate is through the displayhint field.

Right, so for string you'll have numchildren=0, has_more=0, and no need to
make anything expandable. For vector that is initially empty, you'll have
the same, so it won't be expandable, but if things are pushed, -var-update
will report has_more=1. You can detect that, and make the item expandable
at this point.

- Volodya