What do the symbols that are at the left in the Debug Area from the XCode mean? i, A, L, E, etc...
I was looking for that information in the Apple docs (here and here, basicly), but could not find it.
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I could only find a list of the variable types from Ken Orr's "Debugging with Xcode" WWDC 2012 presentation slides (Session 412). You may, or may not, have access to these slides.
- L: Local Variable
- A: Argument
- S: Static Variable
- V: Global Variable (Darker)
- R: Register
- V: Instance Variable (Lighter)
- E: Expression
Note: I cannot be more specific about the different colours of the 'V' variables as I am colour-blind. Boo hoo, poor me. Perhaps you can tell me?
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Thanks! I can´t access the file and I think the list is not complete (in my debugger I see also an "i", maybe they change it and the "V" that referes to an "Instance variable" is now an "i"...), but but still the list is helpful. :) – AlvaroSantisteban Aug 02 '12 at 14:07
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@AlvaroSantisteban Cool. And the colours? Care to enlighten me as to what the two 'V' ones are? – trojanfoe Aug 02 '12 at 14:09
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L, V and V are green A and E are kinda of purple S and R are pink-red. – AlvaroSantisteban Aug 02 '12 at 14:10
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@AlvaroSantisteban So both 'V's are green, just lighter and darker? – trojanfoe Aug 02 '12 at 14:10
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To me, both look the same... Maybe the "Instance Variable" a little bit lighter. Man, I´m going to start thinking that I´m color blind too... – AlvaroSantisteban Aug 02 '12 at 14:12
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@AlvaroSantisteban Yeah I think you are mate; I can at least see they are different shades... – trojanfoe Aug 02 '12 at 14:14
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Apple developers must have added it to the docs after this question was asked, as it is in the docs
There are actually only 6 labels, L, A, S, V, R, E, where V is shared between Global and instance variables. At least now, they are exactly the same colour.
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