RE: VC2005, autoexp.dat - examine the Lua stack in the debugger

["Erik Cassel" <erik@...>]

Yes, this tool is wonderful!  Thank you Glenn!

Has it been published in the Wiki?

-Erik




-----Original Message-----
From: lua-bounces@bazar2.conectiva.com.br
[mailto:lua-bounces@bazar2.conectiva.com.br] On Behalf Of Ivan Kolev
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 3:42 AM
To: lua@bazar2.conectiva.com.br
Subject: Re: VC2005, autoexp.dat - examine the Lua stack in the debugger

Many, many thanks for this. I thought these visualizers required writing
some special .DLL-plugins to work, which I wouldn't do. And I used only the
very limited AutoExpand. But with the visualizers debugging is a new
experience...
So many thanks both for the description link and for your work on Lua
visualizers. Definitely a worthy addition to the Wiki.

Ivan

Glenn Maynard wrote:
> VC's autoexp.dat allows custom visualizations for data types in the
> watch window.  A good description is at:
> 
>    http://www.virtualdub.org/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=120
> 
> Add a lua_State* to the watch window, and see the current stack,
> with most basic types.  Tables show metatables; string contents
> and numbers are shown; inside a C closure, upvalues are listed.
> One really nifty thing it does is resolve pointers, so you see
> the real names of C functions.