Feature Request: Debugger should remember last return value of functions

From: "Skybuck Flying" <BloodyShame@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 06:12:34 +0200

Hello,

It would be nice if the Debugger could remember the last returned value of a
function.

For example:

// somewhere else in code...
function SomeFunction : integer;
begin
result := Random(255);
end;

// Code being debugged:

while SomeFunction > 0 do // *** hint here ***
begin

end;

Would be nice if the programmer could hold the mouse cursor over the
SomeFunction call and simply see the last returned value.

Bye,
Skybuck.

.

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