Re: looking at contents of a std::string in OW debugger

From	Paul S Person <psperson1@ix.netcom.invalid>
Newsgroups	openwatcom.users.c_cpp
Subject	Re: looking at contents of a std::string in OW debugger
Date	2018-08-23 09:47 -0700
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On Wed, 22 Aug 2018 14:24:31 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

>How do you look at the contents of a std::string in OW debugger ?
>
>Specifically, the string itself rather than just the first character.

It's been a long time since I debugged C++.

However, if you can see the first character, are you, by any chance,
looking at an ASCII string (a char * of some sort)?

If so, then right-clicking on what I presume is a data member,
selecting "Type", and selecting "String" might work. It does in C.
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looking at contents of a std::string in OW debugger Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-08-22 14:24 -0500
  Re: looking at contents of a std::string in OW debugger Paul S Person <psperson1@ix.netcom.invalid> - 2018-08-23 09:47 -0700
    Re: looking at contents of a std::string in OW debugger Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-08-23 20:27 -0500
      Re: looking at contents of a std::string in OW debugger Paul S Person <psperson1@ix.netcom.invalid> - 2018-08-24 10:16 -0700
        Re: looking at contents of a std::string in OW debugger Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-11-16 13:25 -0600
          Re: looking at contents of a std::string in OW debugger Paul S Person <psperson1@ix.netcom.invalid> - 2018-11-17 10:34 -0800

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