FIX: Debugger Hangs When Very Long STL Symbol in Watch Window (171849)

SYMPTOMS

The debugger hangs when an STL object with very long symbol name is viewed in the Watch Window and expanded. You have to close Developer Studio Task Manager and restart. The sample program in the MORE INFORMATION section demonstrates this behavior.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This bug has been fixed in Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2.

For more information on the Visual Studio 97 Service Pack 2, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

170365 INFO: Visual Studio 97 Service Packs - What, Where, and Why

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Build the following sample code as a Console application:

   #include <windows.h>
   #include <map>
   #pragma warning (disable : 4786 )
   using namespace std;
   template<typename Type>
   class SomeReallyLongSymbolName
   {
       public:
         SomeReallyLongSymbolName(Type var){m_Type = var;}
         SomeReallyLongSymbolName(){}
         void func(Type var){m_Type = var;}
         Type m_Type;
   };
   SomeReallyLongSymbolName<int> intObject(0);
   typedef map< DWORD, SomeReallyLongSymbolName< DWORD> >
   STLTypeWithLongName ;
   STLTypeWithLongName  STLObjectWithLongName;
   int main()
   {
      intObject.func(1);
      return 0;
   }

After the build is complete, start the debugger by pressing the F10 key. In the Watch Window, enter the two variable names, intObject and STLObjectWithLongName. You will be able to expand the intObject variable. However, when you try to expand the STLObjectWithLongName variable, the Debugger will hang.