Showing its value rather than its representation

[Jack]

Hi,
In case I have the following
#define TRUE 1
#define FALSE 0
when I probe a variable, I don't see 'TRUE' or 'FALSE' but just 1 and 0
Is it possible to display TRUE or FALSE rather than 1 and 0/ also in
watches, locals and autos etc?
.NET 2002 Native C++ thanks

[Jack]

Title should be the other way round.
Sorry

Post by Jack
Hi,
In case I have the following
#define TRUE 1
#define FALSE 0
when I probe a variable, I don't see 'TRUE' or 'FALSE' but just 1 and 0
Is it possible to display TRUE or FALSE rather than 1 and 0/ also in
watches, locals and autos etc?
.NET 2002 Native C++ thanks

[Ben Voigt]

Post by Jack
Hi,
In case I have the following
#define TRUE 1
#define FALSE 0
when I probe a variable, I don't see 'TRUE' or 'FALSE' but just 1 and 0
Is it possible to display TRUE or FALSE rather than 1 and 0/ also in
watches, locals and autos etc?

No, the substitution is made before compilation starts, and not known to the
debugger. Besides, there could be (read: are) hundreds of different macros
defined as 1, how would the debugger know which to use?

Post by Jack
.NET 2002 Native C++ thanks

[Nathan Mates]

Post by Jack
#define TRUE 1
#define FALSE 0
when I probe a variable, I don't see 'TRUE' or 'FALSE' but just 1 and 0
Is it possible to display TRUE or FALSE rather than 1 and 0/ also in
watches, locals and autos etc?

Go read up on what #define really does. It effectively changes your
source code during the preprocessor (i.e. first) phase. The compiler
doesn't see 'TRUE' or 'FALSE', it sees 1 or 0. This is the design of
C/C++. If, however, you were to use an enum for these values, the
debugger stands a better chance of showing it. However, if the enum is
stored into a variable w/o that enum's type (and a lot of system
headers do this), then the type is lost.

Nathan Mates

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[P.GopalaKrishna]

Hello,

One workaround is to use Enums. Debugger will show the member names instead
of values.

Perhaps you might want to use Enums in debug builds to display their names
and #defines in release build.

All the best.

P.Gopalakrishna
http://www.geocities.com/krishnapg/

Post by Jack
Hi,
In case I have the following
#define TRUE 1
#define FALSE 0
when I probe a variable, I don't see 'TRUE' or 'FALSE' but just 1 and 0
Is it possible to display TRUE or FALSE rather than 1 and 0/ also in
watches, locals and autos etc?
..NET 2002 Native C++ thanks