[news.eclipse.platform] Re: VariableLabelProvider/Adapter

["Murdoc" <murdoc_0@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Curtis Windatt wrote:

>> "Murdoc" <murdoc_0@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:xn0f6rvgb7dyi72000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hi all,
>>
>> In Eclipse 3.3RC1, the following class:
>>
>>    org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.elements.adapters.VariableLabelAdapter
>>
>> seems to have been removed, and it's use replaced with
>>
>>    org.eclipse.debug.internal.ui.model.elements.VariableLabelProvider
>>
>> Is my reading of the code correct? If so, is there any documentation or a bug # that can shed
>> more light on why this change was actually made?
>>
>> Cheers,
>
> The VariableLabelProvider was added much earlier in 3.3 than RC1.  In 3.3 the Debug viewers were changed to work asynchronously from the debug model (using SWT.VIRTUAL).  Some information on the work done can be found in bug 153500.
>
> Hopefully that helps.
>
> Curtis

Thanks, Curtis. I had assumed it was added earlier than that, but that was the cut of the 3.3 source code that I had happened to download.

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