[cdt-dev] globals in variables view

[Pawel Piech <pawel.piech@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All,
I am considering a bug in DSF which asks for showing global variables in 
the variables view (bug 219040).  I am somewhat conflicted by this 
feature, because in our (Wind River's) product and in others that I've 
worked with, the Expressions/Watch window is the window used to display 
global variables, where Variables/Locals view is used for showing 
arguments and locals.

So I have three questions:

1) How important is it to have globals in the variables view.

2) Is the problem with showing globals in the Expressions view that it 
does not have the same features as the variables view (column support, 
change highlighting, etc?).

3) Is what's really missing a "smart" combined variables view which 
could show local variables, selected global variables, as well as 
"watched" local variables which are enabled only a given local variable 
is in scope?

Thanks,
Pawel