microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools

Feature Request: Memory poke in debug

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Description

In the watch window, I'd like to be able to edit the value, and have it actually poke the memory.
Useful for debuggin'

Also, useful if say I want to copy the address at some expression, since I can open the edit window and actually copy from it.

Speaking of which that should be a feature too, copy values in the watch window to clipboard.

I'm on OS X 10.12.
VSCode Version 1.19.1 (1.19.1)
vscode-cpptools Version 0.14.5
I mainly write C++98 or C++11.
The only other plugin I'm using is CMake.

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named in the report. Start by locating the watch-window and debugger code in vscode-cpptools; done means editing a watched value changes target memory and watch values can be copied to the clipboard.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
cpp, vscode
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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