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I wonder if anyone had any pointers to detailed information about setting breakpoints in C/C++ code, e.g.

- setting watch/breakpoints on data/routines within namespaces
- setting breakpoints in C++ classes, especially ctors/dtors
- setting breakpoints in all routines of a given (undecorated) name
- setting breakpoints in one routine, where duplicate (undecorated) names exist
- setting breakpoints in template functions

Cheers
Tim

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Hi Tim,

We have been working on improvements to our C++ debugging support, but unfortunately it isn't yet complete. We plan to support most of what you have listed. Responses to specific inquiries follow:

- setting watch/breakpoints on data/routines within namespaces
Qualifying the names of routines and data by namespace is not yet supported.

- setting breakpoints in C++ classes, especially ctors/dtors
In 7.1, you can do this by qualifying the name with the class, e.g. for the constructor of class foo you would set the breakpoint on foo::foo. In the GUI you would just point to it and click in the events column.

- setting breakpoints in all routines of a given (undecorated) name
You currently have to do this one-by-one

- setting breakpoints in one routine, where duplicate (undecorated) names exist
The debugger will prompt you asking which member function you want to set the breakpoint in. I don't think it will currently disambiguate names outside of a single class, so you may want to qualify the routine name using the class name.

- setting breakpoints in template functions
We don't yet have support for setting a breakpoint on a template function by name. In many cases you can step into a template function and set breakpoints while you are in the scope of the function.

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