Re: Auto variables display

Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-09-01T17:58:38Z

On Thu, Sep 01, 2005 at 09:10:48PM +0400, Konstantin Karganov wrote:
> Hello, All.
>
> In MS Visual Studio debugger there is a very convenient feature - "Auto"
> watch window tab, which displays the variables, referenced at the current
> program statement. I.e. when you step across "i=j;" it displays i and j,
> when you step across "x=f(a+b,*c)" displays a,b and c, etc.
> This allows to see automatically just the values that affect current step
> execution and see the error when and where it happens.
>
> The question is: does GDB support something like this and also are
> there the debug info formats that provide the mapping of the source lines
> (or code addresses) to the set of variables, references at the point?

As far as I know, no and no.

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