microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools
Support per-thread breakpoints
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Description
Feature Request
According to gdb, I should be able to set a breakpoint on a specific thread, using something like
break <file.cpp>: thread
If I use the console I get
-var-create: unable to create variable object
I've tried using the expression breakpoint through the GUI but that does not work either.
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First steps
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- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue with GDB using a file.cpp line breakpoint and a specific thread, then compare the console and GUI expression-breakpoint paths. Done means the GUI can create and use a breakpoint restricted to the selected thread without the reported variable-object error.
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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
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100