Re: Patch: implement new dynamic varobj spec

Nick Roberts
2009-09-16T09:36:04Z

> > It's probably unusual for the key to be a structure
>
> Rather, it's very typical in C++. std::map<std::string, whatever> is used
> all over.

A string is represented by a single value like a scalar. The case being
considered was "a struct or some other complicated varobj with children".

>...
> > -var-create - * m1
> > -var-list-children -var1
> >
> > var1.0 = "map_element"
> > var1.0.key = key0
> > var1.0.key.a = 5
> > var1.0.key.b = 7.5
> > var1.0.value = "a string"
>
> What if 'values' wishes to have a field named 'key'?

I don't understand. The frontend would know from var1.0 that key value pairs
follow. So presumably:

var1.0.key.key = 5

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