[cdt-dev] Windows Debug API - CDI Implementation

[Douglas Schaefer <dschaefe@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hey gang,

I have been playing around with some mixed mode JDT/CDT projects and have 
put together an implementation of the CDI that calls into the Windows 
Debug APIs. This became interesting when Microsoft released their 
optimizing compiler as a free download. The CDT would be a great place for 
people wanting to use that compiler with Microsoft's free SDKs and would 
like an IDE for it. Currently, I have support for creating a process, 
inserting breakpoints, and showing the stack and variables at breakpoints. 
A lot of work still needs to be done to correctly interpret the variables 
amongst other things. And I'm sure there are things I'm doing wrong.

We have talked a little about this in the past so I know there is interest 
in this. I'd like to contribute my work to the CDT as a starting point for 
this integration. I'm doing this in the background so any help would be 
greatly appreciated. I am also hoping that by providing better support for 
Windows development, we can grow the CDT community a bit more in that 
direction than we have in the past.

Thoughts? Go for its? Don't you dares?

Cheers,
Doug Schaefer, IBM's Eclipse CDT Architect
Ottawa (Palladium), Ontario, Canada