DebuggerDisplay Doesn't Work

[snarfblam]

I can't get the DebuggerDisplay attribute to work in C# express. It works just fine in VB. I searched google and it seems like I'm the only person who has this problem. I can't find any relevant settings or anything.

 

Module Module1
   Sub Main()
       Dim var As New X 'Displays "Test" in the debugger.
   End Sub
End Module

<DebuggerDisplay("Test")> _
Class X
End Class

 

[CS]

class Program

{

static void Main(string[] args) {

X var = new X(); // Displays "{ConsoleApplication2.X}" in debugger

}

}

[DebuggerDisplay("Test")]

class X {}

[/CS]

Anyone have any ideas?

[Wraith]

I've been perplexed by this in the past. Mine is working now and i can't remember exactly which debugger options i had to change. I think you need to ToString() evaluation and JustMyCode enabled, give it a try.

[snarfblam]

Sounded like it just might work, but no dice.

[snarfblam]

I found that if I disable "Unwind the call stack on unhandled exceptions" the debugger display attribute works correctly, along with a number of other minor problems (including the occasional inability to view instance members after an exception because the "this" pointer is not available). I think that this puts certain limitations on when you can edit and continue.