VisualStudio - aliases for very long watch variables

Question

I am trying to debug a tree-like structure, so i have made a watch on each level. The lower i go, the watch variable name is getting ridiculusly long. Is there a way to rename them from:

{,,HTM_Projekt.exe}*(Node*){*}(((*((*(((*((*this).htm)).top)._Myptr)).input)))._Myptr)  

to

Level1Node

Answer 1

without more details on how you have it structured. i would suggest you make a varriable of that type that equals what is in your tree and just put that varriable on watch. it just means you will have a little bit of duplicate data but can see what it is clearly.

maybe it would look something like.

Node* kpLevel1Node = (Node*){*}(((*((*(((*((*this).htm)).top)._Myptr)).input)))._Myptr);

and then you just add kpLevel1Node to watch.

EDIT 1: based off comment.

a pointer is only 4bytes and refrences the same data. but if the extra 4 bytes is not an option for you temporarily while you debug.

then i suggest you use typedef's. to make the long rediculas type into something more readable. and like before without more code showing your implementation an exsact answer is not really possible