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Cannot evaluate any Debug Console REPL command
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Description
Type: Debugger
Describe the bug
- OS and Version: Linux, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS on Windows_NT x64 10.0.18363 WSL2
- VS Code Version: 1.49.3 (2af051012b66169dde0c4dfae3f5ef48f787ff69)
- C/C++ Extension Version: v1.0.1
- Other extensions you installed (and if the issue persists after disabling them): none
- A clear and concise description of what the bug is.Debug console REPL commands (e.g.
cout << "Hello World";) fail with error message-var-create: unable to create variable object. I am able to print out variables by just typing them and pressing enter.
To Reproduce
Please include a code sample and launch.json configuration.
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
- I used the tutorial example from cpptools.
- Configure
launch.jsonto stop at entry and enter debug mode - Execute command 'cout << "Hello World";"
- Observe error
Additional context
If applicable, please include logging by adding "logging": { "engineLogging": true, "trace": true, "traceResponse": true } in your launch.json
Add any other context about the problem here including log or error messages in your Debug Console or Output windows.
I add a zip helloworld.zip with the output, as well as the debug console output. Note that I cannot seem to enable traceResponse, as it causes the build to fail:
> Executing task: /bin/g++ -g extension-output-#5 -o ./extension-output-#5 <
whereas normally it says:
> Executing task: /bin/g++ -g /home/tweyens/test_Cpp/projects/helloworld/projects/helloworld/helloworld.cpp -o /home/tweyens/test_Cpp/projects/helloworld/projects/helloworld/helloworld <
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue with the attached helloworld.zip, its launch.json configuration, and the tutorial example. Run the Debug Console command cout << "Hello World"; and inspect the reported -var-create failure alongside the debug output. Done means valid REPL commands evaluate successfully without that error.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- cpp
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100