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Subject: Re: Assigning values to type casted vars
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 > Eclipse CDT supports casting variables to a different type. This is done by
 > creating an MI var like this:
 > 
 > 1466-var-create - * (int)myValue
 > 1466^done,name="var35",numchild="0",value="1",type="int"
 > 
 > 1467-var-show-attributes var35
 > 1467^done,attr="editable"
 > 
 > The var is "editable". But in most cases GDB does report an error when
 > assigning a value to the var:
 >
 > 1472-var-assign var35 0x1234
 > 1472^error,msg="mi_cmd_var_assign: Could not assign expression to varible
 > object"

The fact that the var has the attribute "editable" is a bit of a red herring.
A value can't be assigned because (int)myValue isn't an lvalue.  You get the
same error if you do:

-var-create - * 2*myValue
^done,name="var36",numchild="0",value="2",type="int"

-var-assign var36 0x1234

I think it only makes sense to watch such values.

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