Skip stl code when debugging

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Torben Laursen

Hi

Is there a way to prevent the debugger from stepping into the stl code when
I am debugging my code?

Thanks Torben
 
Is there a way to prevent the debugger from stepping into the stl code
when I am debugging my code?
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Yes. select 'step over' instead of 'step into' when debugging.
I use the VC6 keybindings. For me stepping over is F10, Stepping into is F11
That way you will not go down into STL code.

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Bruno van Dooren
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If I remember correctly there was an option to automatically step over
specific functions. I don't remember where....

QbProg
 
Bruno said:
Yes. select 'step over' instead of 'step into' when debugging.
I use the VC6 keybindings. For me stepping over is F10, Stepping into is F11
That way you will not go down into STL code.
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Sometimes it is desirable to step into your function, but not into the
STL. For example:

void CallToDebug(std::string s)
// Note that I'm intentionally passing the string by value here,
// in order to force the debugger to step into STL code, just to
// demonstrate the problem
{
}

void Testing()
{
std::string s;

/* breakpoint: -----> */ CallToDebug(s);
}

In this case, I don't care about stepping into std::basic_string's copy
constructor, I'd rather skip it and go directly to CallToDebug (I'm not
interested in debugging the STL). Visual Studio might have this feature,
I can't tell for sure.

However, if you accidentally step into an STL function, you can always
hit Shift+F11 (Debug | Step Out) to leave quickly, followed by another
F11 to step into the function that you really wanted to debug. That's
what I do in those rare cases when an F11 leads me right into an STL
header file.

Tom
 
Is there a way to prevent the debugger from stepping into the stl code when
I am debugging my code?
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There are two options:

1) NoStepInto feature can be used to disable stepping into some predefined set of functions:
http://blogs.msdn.com/andypennell/archive/2004/02/06/69004.aspx

2) R-Click + "Step Into Specific" menu allows to choose what function to step into
when the code is about to call a function, as in the case described by Tamas.
 
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