monitoring the refcnt

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Is it possible via the debugger to print the refcnt for an arbitrary variable? If I put a stop statement in my code the debugger will show the refcnt for the immediate scope:

 
Local Variables:
cpx       roAssociativeArray refcnt=4 count:20
global    rotINTERFACE:ifGlobal
m          roAssociativeArray refcnt=5 count:11
port       <uninitialized>

The problem is that if i want to examine the contents of one the roAssociativeArrays I won’t see the refcnt of it’s contents. For example, i have defined an array ‘cpx’ that has as one entry a roScreen. Printing the array will not provide the ‘refcnt’ for the screen:


BrightScript Debugger> print cpx
grid: <Component: roAssociativeArray> 
port: <Component: roMessagePort>
activeslotcnt:  3 
screen: <Component: roScreen>

Is there any way I can get this info?
Thanks

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“Oak-Beard” wrote:
Is it possible via the debugger to print the refcnt for an arbitrary variable? If I put a stop statement in my code the debugger will show the refcnt for the immediate scope:

 
Local Variables:
cpx       roAssociativeArray refcnt=4 count:20
global    rotINTERFACE:ifGlobal
m          roAssociativeArray refcnt=5 count:11
port

Once in the debugger, you can assign an element of the AA to a temporary variable then use the var command to print the variables again. Something like:


BrightScript Debugger> myVar = cpx.grid
BrightScript Debugger> var

That should now print ‘myVar’ with a refcnt (increased by 1 for the local var).

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Wow, that’s quite a nice trick to know :sunglasses:

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Thanks! This is exactly what I needed. Very very useful :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: