Does VS Code have a memory viewer and/or a disassembler for C++ extension?

Question

I am using Visual Studio Code (VS Code) for debugging my C++ program. I'd like to view the memory at a variable's address and also be able to view the assembly code of my program. I am looking around on VS Code and I am not seeing an option for such views. I checked around on the marketplace and I don't anything out there.

Not sure if I am not looking in the right place, but do these features exist for VS Code?

Thanks!

Answer 1

I have been digging for these feature for a few days now. Unfortunately, It seems that it is currently unavailable.

In addition to it not having a memory viewer, it looks like VS Code's "debugger console" is just a simple wrapper for GDB and doesn't allow memory examination commands either.

There is now a feature request for the memory viewer and dissasembly feature. I suggest you up-vote if you are as interested in them as I am.

Answer 2

At this time (Feb 2018), it seems that this feature still hasn't made it into VSCode. However it is possible to use the -exec command in the VSCode Debug Console to run GDB commands. See https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/cpp#_gdb-lldb-and-mi-commands-gdblldb

The GDB examine command "x" displays memory in various formats. So in the VSCode Debug Console

-exec x/64b 0x74ae70

will display 64 bytes in hexadecimal from 0x74ae70. See https://sourceware.org/gdb/onlinedocs/gdb/Memory.html for more details.