RE: [platform-debug-dev] Memory View Infrastructure Review: Part 1

[Thomas Fletcher <ThomasF@xxxxxxx>]

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>[mailto:platform-debug-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
>Samantha Chan
>Sent: October 7, 2004 6:55 PM
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>Subject: Re: [platform-debug-dev] Memory View Infrastructure 
>Review: Part 1
>
>Hi Mikhail -
>
>Thanks very much for your feedback.  Here's my response to 
>your comments.
>
>The Memory View is supposed to show a memory block in raw hex 
>format.  The renderings are supposed to be shown in a separate 
>view.  I have experimented with putting renderings into the 
>Memory View.  However, I found it to be confusing and limiting.

Have you actually put your findings out to other customers
who are coming from other IDE's and are working in other
languages?  I have to agree with Mikhail that at least on
the surface this seems to be leading to a large discrepancy
with what many people have come to expect.

Is there not a way to compromise and have both mechanisms, a
global contribution for formatting as well as the ability to
create seperate rendered views (perhaps torn out now that there
is a multiple view support in Eclipse 3.0).

Thanks,
 Thomas