== Main Features ==

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 * conversion of DMD/DMC !CodeView information to PDB file
 * conversion of GDC DWARF information to PDB file
 * converted line number info allows '''setting breakpoints'''
 * display of variables, fields and objects in '''watch, local and auto window and in data tooltips'''
 * '''convenient display of dynamic and associative arrays''' in watch windows
 * '''demangled function names''' for convenient display of callstack

== More features ==

This list is a bit more technical and shows what is actually done to achieve the desired functionality:

 * replaces '.' in class names with '@' to avoid confusing debugger
 * converts class pointers to reference for "clss.field" syntax
 * converts the type of member function, so that "this" is an object pointer, 
   allowing the debugger to display fields without "this."
 * generates generic debug info for dynamic arrays, associative arrays and delegates
 * creates readable type names for display of D specific types
 * autoexp.dat formats output for dynamic and associative arrays in watch windows
 * autoexp.dat filters display of null references
 * adds object class debug info
 * "char[]", "wchar[]" and "dchar[]" (D1) or "const char[]", "const wchar[]" and "const dchar[]" (D2) translated to "string", "wstring" and "dstring", respectively
 * converts type delegate<void*,int> to !__int64
 * addin dviewhelper.dll allows correct display of D style strings
   and derived object type

== Known issues ==

There are some quirks that you might run into when using Visual Studio to debug D programs. 
These will hopefully be removed in the future, but not all have a known solution.

 * has to use '@' instead of '.' in class names to avoid confusing debugger, but it looks ugly
 * "this.var" is not a valid debugger expression, you have to use "var" or "this->var"
 * global/static vars have to be watched with full module and class name specified (e.g. module@globvar)
 * type of associative arrays is displayed as aa<*> to allow overload in autoexp.dat
 * DMD does not emit different debug information for const and invariant, type info is the same
 * type display of delegate does not have arguments