GSoc GDB pretty printers: Automatic testing and printing class pointers

[Thomas Baumgart]

On Donnerstag, 17. Juni 2021 17:28:24 CEST Da Viper wrote:

> Hello there,
> 
> This is a continuation of the chat from the telegram group
> 
> - Manual Test
> The way i perform manual test is that, I create a cpp file then instantiate
> the class with all possible constructors and input the set a break point at
> the bottom to compare all the output  to the given input
> i am not sure of a way to make this automatic as it would be easier to know
> when new changes affect existing code instead of performing all the test
> for the hundred of classes

I am not sure if I understand the above so that I am able to duplicate it.
Also, where do you have your code available for duplication?

> - Printing Classes instantiated as pointer
> for example if we have a qstring created like this
> 
> `QString qsst("this is another string");`
>  `QString *thePtr = &qsst;`
> 
> if i am to create a printer for qstring it does not apply the printer for
> the variable `thePtr`
> i am not sure how to fix the problem ( however the same also happens for
> `std::string` but it is also included the value later)

Having access to your printers may certainly help us to make suggestions.
Otherwise, this is somewhat shooting in the dark.


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Regards

Thomas Baumgart

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