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Explore structure with member offsets #13544
Description
Feature Request
I'd like to have a command (probably in a Peek menu) which would open a window for a struct and show offsets of all struct members. Something similar to gdb's ptype /o command.
For example, for a code like:
typedef struct {
char a;
int b;
char c[5];
} s1_t;
typedef struct __attribute__((packed)) {
char a;
int b;
char c[5];
} s2_t;
int main() {
s1_t s1;
s2_t s2;
return 0;
}
We can see offsets in gdb:
(gdb) ptype /o s1_t
type = struct {
/* 0 | 1 */ char a;
/* XXX 3-byte hole */
/* 4 | 4 */ int b;
/* 8 | 5 */ char c[5];
/* XXX 3-byte padding */
/* total size (bytes): 16 */
}
(gdb) ptype /o s2_t
type = struct {
/* 0 | 1 */ char a;
/* 1 | 4 */ int b;
/* 5 | 5 */ char c[5];
/* total size (bytes): 10 */
}
(gdb)
I would love to have something similar, but without compiling and running gdb
Activity
sean-mcmanus commentedon Apr 23, 2025
White-Owl You're requesting an IntelliSense language server feature, right?
This is available in VS 2022, and we're tracking potentially adding something similar for VS Code at #13034 .