Getting debugger context in C# interactive

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user276648 picture user276648 · Oct 26, 2011 · Viewed 8.6k times · Source

C# Interactive seems a lot more powerful than the Immediate Window (at least it handles lambda expressions that are often used in LINQ - see Visual Studio debugging "quick watch" tool and lambda expressions), but it looks like it can't be used as a replacement as it doesn't know about the debugger context. Is there a way to have access to the debugger context?

I've seen Getting debugger context in F# interactive and it might require the same things, but maybe there are new/different things available.

http://extendedimmediatewin.codeplex.com/ could be useful but looks quite dead, although someone said on Oct 18 2011 that he was planning to port it to VB.Net ( http://extendedimmediatewin.codeplex.com/discussions/75589 ).

Answer

Kevin Pilch picture Kevin Pilch · Oct 26, 2011

Disclaimer: I work for Microsoft on the Roslyn team.

Unfortunately, we don't have a way to get the debugger context right now. We are aware that it would useful, and as we get more of the core deliverables for Roslyn completed we hope to investigate more and see what can be done.

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