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Re: variable objects and registers
> > Insight just prints the type as a tooltip for structures. You seem to be
> > saying that in Xcode you can do this and choose to expand it. Using
> > "print" in Emacs, everything is automatically expanded which I must admit
> > is messy with a large array or structure. Perhaps
> > -data-evaluate-expression could be modified to print "--simple-values" or
> > "--all-values" as -stack-list-locals does.
>
> I think it's much better to use varobjs for tooltips. It's much better for
> structures.
You might well be right but could you say why and how they would work with
tooltips?
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