Re: AW: follow variable - memory value change

[Michael Eager]

Watchpoints do exactly what you describe -- they monitor the value(s) of
a variable(s) and stop execution when the value changes.  Have you tried
to set a watchpoint on the variable (or memory location) which you want
to monitor?

On 01/24/2012 08:56 AM, address@hidden wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I’m still experiencing the same problems in my code. Maybe the title “follow 
> variable” is not
> adequate. I’m rather looking for a possibility to control certain values of 
> memory to see when, and
> by which part of the code they are changed?
>
> I have to understand a very large c++ code and I’m not able to understand why 
> some variables change
> in some point of the code…
>
> Is there a solution to my problem?
>
> Thanks very much in advance,
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Sebastian
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> *Von:*shaunak saha [mailto:address@hidden
> *Gesendet:* Freitag, 20. Januar 2012 14:00
> *An:* Liebel, Sebastian
> *Cc:* address@hidden
> *Betreff:* Re: follow variable
>
> Hi Sebastian,
>
> yeah.You can use "watchpoint" to follow a variable.
> Hope this helps.
>
> Regards,
> Shaunak
>
> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 6:01 PM, <address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I’m new to DDD and I’m trying to understand a very large c++ code, which I’m 
> about to extend.
>
> In the code the value of a variable is somewhere changed, and I don’t have a 
> clue where.
>
> Is there a possibility to follow a variable throughout the code with ddd?
>
> Thanks in advance for your help,
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Sebastian
>
>
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