Easier debugging with Visual Studio Visualizers, from Nikola Smiljanic!

llvm-svn: 136207

clang/utils/clangVisualizers.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+
+[Visualizer]
+
+llvm::SmallVector<*,*>{
+	preview (
+		#(
+			"[",
+			($T1*)$e.EndX - ($T1*)$e.BeginX,
+			"](",
+			#array(
+				expr: (($T1*)$e.BeginX)[$i],
+				size: ($T1*)$e.EndX - ($T1*)$e.BeginX
+			),
+			")"
+		)
+	)
+
+	children (
+		#(
+			#([size] : ($T1*)$e.EndX - ($T1*)$e.BeginX),
+			#([capacity] : ($T1*)$e.CapacityX - ($T1*)$e.BeginX),
+			#array(
+				expr: (($T1*)$e.BeginX)[$i],
+				size: ($T1*)$e.EndX - ($T1*)$e.BeginX
+			)
+		)
+	)
+}
+
+llvm::StringRef{
+	preview ([$e.Data,s])
+	stringview ([$e.Data,sb])
+
+	children (
+		#(
+			#([size] : $e.Length),
+			#array(expr: $e.Data[$i], size: $e.Length)
+		)
+	)
+}
+
+clang::Token{
+	preview((clang::tok::TokenKind)(int)$e.Kind)
+}

clang/www/hacking.html

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       wrapped <tt>Type*</tt> which you can then dump.</li>
     </ul>
 
+  <!--=====================================================================-->
+  <h3 id="debuggingVisualStudio">Debugging using Visual Studio</h3>
+  <!--=====================================================================-->
+
+  <p>The file <tt>utils/clangVisualizers.txt</tt> provides debugger visualizers that make debugging
+  of more complex data types much easier.</p>
+  <p>There are two ways to install them:</p>
+  
+  <ul>
+      <li>Put the path to <tt>clangVisualizers.txt</tt> in the environment variable called
+      <tt>_vcee_autoexp</tt>. This method should work for Visual Studio 2008 and above.
+      </li>
+      <li>Edit your local <tt>autoexp.dat</tt> (make sure you make a backup first!), 
+      located in <tt>Visual Studio Directory\Common7\Packages\Debugger</tt> and append 
+      the contents of <tt>clangVisuailzers.txt</tt> to it. This method should work for 
+      Visual Studio 2005 and above.
+       </li>
+  </ul>
+
+  <p><i>[Note: To disable the visualizer for any specific variable, type 
+  <tt>variable_name,!</tt> inside the watch window.]</i></p>
+
   <!--=====================================================================-->
   <h2 id="testing">Testing</h2>
   <!--=====================================================================-->