Bug 118252 - Request for automatic inclusion of relevant globals in Variables view
Summary: Request for automatic inclusion of relevant globals in Variables view
Status: NEW
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Product: CDT
Classification: Tools
Component: cdt-debug (show other bugs)
Version: 3.0.1   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: cdt-debug-inbox@eclipse.org CLA
QA Contact: Jonah Graham CLA
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Reported: 2005-11-28 12:02 EST by John Cortell CLA
Modified: 2020-09-04 15:26 EDT (History)
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Description John Cortell CLA 2005-11-28 12:02:34 EST 
Our compilers generate debug information that allows us to determine what global variables are referenced by a function. That allows us to automatically display those globals in the CodeWarrior debugger's Variables window. This is huge timesaver for the user.

What we would like is for CDT to 

- query the backend for the context frame's list of referenced globals
- autoamtically add those variables to the Variables view in a way that makes it obvious to the user that they are not locals. One idea is to have a horizontal separator (e.g., dotted line) in the view. I'm not sure how practical that is if the view is provided by the platform. Perhaps some other visual cue could be used.