[news.eclipse.tools] Re: [jdt debug] This must be a joke

["Bob Foster" <bob@xxxxxxxxxx>]

"Randy Hudson" <none@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:b2ehcr$mli$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I would like to be able to see static fields that aren't final, and final
> fields that aren't static, but there is no way to set that up with this
> dialog.  This is why users usually leave both final and static fields
> hidden, and then turn on *ONLY* one or the other, but not both.  No one
> wants to look at constants (static finals)

Agree. If the justification for this dialog is more control, then please
give us the control we need. I wanted to make static variables visible but
including static finals adds so much clutter I had to turn them off.

(The +/- buttons, if not a joke, seem bizarre. Is this some IBM thing?)

Bob

> "Joe Szurszewski" <Joe_Szurszewski@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:3E4AB34D.8010109@xxxxxxxxxx
> > No Randy, it is not a joke.  There were requests for this level of
> > control, and we supplied it.  If you look at other debuggers, they also
> > provide this level of control.  If it intimidates you, why not set it
> > the way you like it and forget about it?  The + & - buttons allow you to
> >   turn on and off entire rows and columns.  This allows you to make the
> > same decisions as under the old style interface in the same number of
> > mouse clicks.  The only difference is that now, if you want to, you can
> > make the settings more finely grained.
> >
> > Randy Hudson wrote:
> > > http://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=31706
> > > All those who want the old behavior restored should "vote" by CC'ing
> > > themselves to the bugzilla.
> > >
> > >     "Randy Hudson" <none@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:none@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote in
> > >     message news:b2e9kp$fu1$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >     There is NO WAY I need this level of control:
> > >
> > >     Please bring back the simple toggle buttons for final and static,
on
> > >     the variables local toolbar.  Using this dialog takes more time
than
> > >     it saves.
> > >
> >
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