Display std::string content directly in debugger

[jmfrouin]

Hi,
It is possible to improve debugger to see the content of std::string directly ?
For the moment I need to use c_str() method to display the content for all std::string I watch
Thanks

[Dennis]

This works with the GDB debugger integration (though it uses GDB's Python pretty printing interface to do it, so well, it works as well as GDB works).  Debug > Debugger Options... > GDB Options > Enable Python pretty printing > ON.

There is no support for this built into the LLDB debugger or WinDBG.  We do have plans to provide a mechanism within Slickedit for pretty-printing variables (which would allow us to abandon GDB's horrid implemention).

[hs2]

Good plan and good luck Dennis !
Surely not that simple - a number of debuggers don't support pretty STL.
That would be nice
HS2

[jmfrouin]

Hi,
Yes I use LLDB for the moment.
Good luck for implementation and thanks to take time to answer all threads/questions
Best regards,