How do I set a breakpoint on a function whose name contains spaces or other special characters?
If you use one of the command line debuggers based on theDebugger Engine,you can set a breakpoint on a function whose name contains spacesor other special characters by quoting the symbol name.The trick here is that you do not quote the entire string;you quote only the symbol name.
0:001> bu @!"CSimpleArray<wchar_t *>::CSimpleArray<wchar_t *>"
Note that the quotation marks do not go around the @!
part.They go only around the symbol.(Otherwise, the debugger thinks you are setting a breakpointaction.)
Another trick for setting breakpoints is using tab autocompletionfor symbols. If you typebp contoso!*Widget*
and then hit Tab repeatedly,you will cycle through all the matches.(It takes a few seconds to build the list of matches, so be patientthe first time you hit Tab.)
Personally, I use the x
command to print out all thematches, and then cherry-pick the one I want.
0:001> x contoso!*Widget* 00af114c contoso!CreateWidget 009fe863 contoso!DestroyWidget 00a2e161 contoso!MakeWidgetReadOnly 00a93168 ... 0:001> bp 00a2e161 set breakpoint on MakeWidgetReadOnly
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