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Re: Visual Studio 2019 Edit-and-continue

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On 19/09/2019 03:24, Öö Tiib wrote:
> On Wednesday, 18 September 2019 15:04:36 UTC+3, Rick C. Hodgin  wrote:
>> On 9/18/2019 3:43 AM, Öö Tiib wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, 17 September 2019 23:02:03 UTC+3, Rick C. Hodgin  wrote:
>>>> [If anyone knows a better place to post this question, please let me
>>>> know and I'll take it there.]
>>>
>>> I don't think you will get good (or even much different) answer to that
>>> question from anywhere.  It is generally always same.
>>> Q: Why a software product does not allow certain scenario of usage?
>>> A: Because support for that scenario hasn't been implemented.
>>> Q: Why it hasn't been implemented?
>>> A: Because implementers put their effort into other features.
>>> Q: Why?
>>> A: Because the stakeholders prioritized other features as being
>>>       of higher importance.
>>> Q: Why?
>>> A: Because they wanted to.
>>
>>
>> If that's all it is I understand.  If there's something I don't know
>> about why it needs to remain attached, that's the thing I'd like to
>> learn.  From writing my own OS, debugger, and tools, I don't see a
>> reason other than just a decision to keep the in-memory-app aligned
>> with the on-disk-app, so they aren't out of sync.  Seems to be a
>> policy decision rather than a technical one.  And that's fine.  I'd
>> just like to learn if it's otherwise (if it's otherwise).
> 
> The whole edit and continue is quite rare feature in compiled
> languages. Is it because of policy decisions or technical issues?
> I see it as technically challenging feature.

Indeed.  I can also see a it as a good way to make malicious changes to 
a binary, so having to leave the debugger attached could be seen as a 
security feature.

-- 
Ian.

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Visual Studio 2019 Edit-and-continue "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2019-09-17 16:01 -0400
  Re: Visual Studio 2019 Edit-and-continue Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2019-09-17 21:41 +0100
  Re: Visual Studio 2019 Edit-and-continue Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2019-09-18 00:43 -0700
    Re: Visual Studio 2019 Edit-and-continue David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2019-09-18 10:18 +0200
      Re: Visual Studio 2019 Edit-and-continue Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2019-09-18 07:54 -0700
        Re: Visual Studio 2019 Edit-and-continue "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2019-09-18 11:30 -0400
          Re: Visual Studio 2019 Edit-and-continue Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2019-09-18 23:50 -0700
            Re: Visual Studio 2019 Edit-and-continue "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2019-09-19 08:31 -0400
    Re: Visual Studio 2019 Edit-and-continue "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2019-09-18 08:04 -0400
      Re: Visual Studio 2019 Edit-and-continue Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2019-09-18 08:24 -0700
        Re: Visual Studio 2019 Edit-and-continue "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2019-09-18 11:30 -0400
          Re: Visual Studio 2019 Edit-and-continue "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2019-09-18 11:33 -0400
        Re: Visual Studio 2019 Edit-and-continue Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2019-09-19 08:17 +1200
          Re: Visual Studio 2019 Edit-and-continue "Rick C. Hodgin" <rick.c.hodgin@gmail.com> - 2019-09-18 16:29 -0400
            Re: Visual Studio 2019 Edit-and-continue Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2019-09-18 22:27 +0100

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