Watch list, inaccessible value

[nozz 1]

Hey, I've got a problem where watch list fails to evaluate things like

Self.ClassName
Self.ClassType

It just returns inaccessible value despite a valid object reference, if I use the Evaluate/Modify window instead of the watch list it works just fine.

I've also experienced other problems like not being able to inspect a TRect record passed as function parameter ( IDE says symbol eliminated by linker, despite it being used in the body of the function).

 

I have optimization turned off, I've also deleted all .dcu files and rebuilt the project several times over. Nothing seem to work.

 

What gives? I think this happened to me before and I had to rebuild .dproj from scratch but not sure, I will try that as last resort.

Edited January 4, 2019 by nozz

[Attila Kovacs 629]

Double-click on the watch-list item and check "Allow side effects and function calls"

or assign "self" to a local variable for debugging.

Edited January 4, 2019 by Attila Kovacs

[nozz 1]

Thanks, that fixed it, I feel stupid now. I don't know when exactly I managed to turn that option off ...

[dummzeuch 1505]

37 minutes ago, nozz said:

Thanks, that fixed it, I feel stupid now. I don't know when exactly I managed to turn that option off ...

It's off by default. I'm not sure whether it is even possible to change that default.

[nozz 1]

31 minutes ago, dummzeuch said:

It's off by default. I'm not sure whether it is even possible to change that default.

Correct. I got a bit confused, Usually I had no problem using watch list but I remember now that was because I would often have a local variable capturing the value, so that tripped me off