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Subject: Re: Zortech/Codeview vs. local variables?
Message-ID: <2014@cps3xx.UUCP>
Date: 28 Feb 89 14:22:16 GMT
References: <1120002@hpvcfs1.HP.COM>
Organization: Engineering, Michigan State U., E. Lansing MI
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in article <1120002@hpvcfs1.HP.COM>, ericr@hpvcfs1.HP.COM (Eric Ross) says:
> 
> I just received my update to Zortech C++ (1.07e) and am trying to
> use it with Codeview version 2.2 (It came with my Masm 5.1).  To keep
> things simple, I compiled the wc program that comes with the Zortech
> package using the -g option "ztc -g wc.c" and try to use Codeview.
> Codeview sees the line information and single steps through the program
> just fine, but I am unable to look at any local variables.  Using
> the 'X?*' command, codeview lists all of the local variables in the current
> function, but it will not let me set watchpoints nor use the "?" command
> to see what their values are.  Am I missing something?
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
I've been using Zortech C++ v1.02 and Codeview, whatever version comes
with MASM5.0.

I believe I've been compiling with "ztc -g -co" and having it link with
the MicroSoft Linker. What I've been doing to examine a local variable
is when I get to a point at which I need to see a variable's value is 
change the source mode so that I see assembly code with the c lines
interspersed as comments. From that you can easily find a variable's
value. As 99.9% of my code doesn't use floats or doubles, this does not
present any problem to me. 

Granted, it would be a lot easier to print local variables and use
watchpoints.

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