[news.eclipse.tools.jdt] Re: JDT watchpoints are surprising

["Don Porges" <dporges@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

AH!  Thank you.

"Darin Wright" <Darin_Wright@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> You can set the "watchpoint" to be an "instance breakpoint" using the 
> "Instance Breakpoints..." action from the variables view. So when you stop 
> at the watchpoint the first time, select the associated object in the 
> varibles view (this), and use "Instance Breakpoints..." to restrict the 
> breakpoint to that object.
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> Darin  Wright
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> "Don Porges" <dporges@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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>> Do I understand correctly that a JDT "watchpoint" applies to every 
>> instance of the asked-for field name within a given class, and not only 
>> the exact object that the user clicks on in the variable window?  If so, 
>> this seems like it would almost never be useful.  (And it should be 
>> explained in the docs, since I've never heard of a "watchpoint" that does 
>> that, and I expect others will be confused as well.)
>>
>> Relatedly, can anything useful be done (in any context) with the "id" 
>> that I see that every object is given, beyond writing it down and thus 
>> getting a clue that two things are the same object, or not?
>>
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