Viewing Classes

TotalView displays C++ classes and accepts class as a keyword. When you debug C++, TotalView also accepts the unadorned name of a class, struct, union, or enum in the type field. TotalView displays nested classes that use inheritance, showing derivation by indentation.

Some C++ compilers do not write accessibility information. In these cases, TotalView cannot display this information.

For example, Figure 204 displays an object of a class c.

Figure 204: Displaying C++ Classes That Use Inheritance

Its definition is as follows:

class b {

char * b_val;

public:

b() {b_val = “b value“;}

};

class d : virtual public b {

char * d_val;

public:

d() {d_val = “d value“;}

};

class e {

char * e_val;

public:

e() {e_val = “e value“;}

};

class c : public d, public e {

char * c_val;

public:

c() {c_val = “c value“;}

};

TotalView tries to display the correct data when you change the type of a Variable Window while moving up or down the derivation hierarchy. Unfortunately, many compilers do not contain the information that TotalView needs so you might need to cast your class.