FIX: Debugger Sees Only One Variable of Two with Same Name

MORE INFORMATION

For example, in the sample code below, the debugger shows the same value for the two variables, "i" in main.cpp and "i" in Func1.cpp. To watch the two variables in the same Watch window, use the context operator. Add the following two expressions in the Watch window:

   {,main.cpp,}i
				

   {,Func1.cpp,}i
				

Single-step through the code and notice that even though the two variables actually contain different values at all times, they are always displayed with the same value--the value of "i" in Main.cpp.

Sample Code

   // file main.cpp
   // Compile options needed: /Zi
   // main.cpp

   void Func1(int);

   int i=1;

   int main()
   {
       i = 200;

       Func1 (i);

       return 0;
   }
   // end of file main.cpp

   // file Func1.cpp
   // Compile options needed: none
   // Func1.cpp

   #include <stdio.h>


   float i=2.0f;

   void Func1(int n)
   {
       printf("\n n= %d",n);
       i = float(n+2);
       printf("\n hPf= %f", i);
   }

   // end of file Func1.cpp