Return value in Visual Studio's Autos window

Question

When I used to develop in C++, I remember that Visual Studio had an entry in its Autos window whenever returning from a function call. This entry would tell me what value was returned from that function.

One might argue that if a function returns a value, then you should set a variable to that value, i.e.

int i = GetRandomInt();

But as a contrived example, suppose I wanted to do this:

CycleTushKicker( GetRandomInt());

Instead of stepping into CycleTushKicker to figure out how many lickings my kid gets, I'd just like to know the value as soon as I exit GetRandomInt.

Is there a way to get this when using C#?

EDIT -- followed @Michael Goldshetyn's advice and filed a feature suggestion on Microsoft Connect. You can place your votes here: https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/details/636130/display-return-value-from-function-in-autos-window-for-c

Answer 1

There is no way to see the return value of a function in the Autos pane of VS2010 when using C#. If you want to be able to see this value, you will need to assign it to a temporary variable, and then you will see this variable's value (at least in debug builds).

Update

VS2013 now offers this functionality