microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools
Support for skipFiles and/or NoStepInto
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Feature Request
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- TypeScript
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Description
It would be great to be able to exclude namespaces and or wildcard-matches during debugging, so I don't have to step over/into std, boost and other system or framework libraries.
Node debugging already supports skipFiles.
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Research direction
Compare the requested C++ debugger behavior with the Node debugging support for skipFiles. Define how namespace and wildcard exclusions should affect stepping over and into std, Boost, and other system or framework libraries, then verify that those exclusions work during debugging.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100