IDebugAlias

Important

In Visual Studio 2015, this way of implementing expression evaluators is deprecated. For information about implementing CLR expression evaluators, please see CLR Expression Evaluators and Managed Expression Evaluator Sample.

Represents a numeric alias for a variable. An alias is simply a different name for a variable.

Syntax

IDebugAlias : IUnknown

Notes for Implementers

The expression evaluator (EE) implements this interface to support numerical aliases for variables.

Notes for Callers

Methods in Vtable Order

The following methods are defined in the IDebugAlias interface.

Method Description
GetObject Gets the object to which this alias refers.
GetName Gets the alias name.
GetICorDebugValue Retrieves an ICorDebugValue interface that provides access to managed code information about this object (managed code only).
Dispose Marks this alias as no longer being used.

Remarks

An alias is a decimal number in string form followed by the # character, for example, 1001#.

Requirements

Header: ee.h

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Debugger.Interop

Assembly: Microsoft.VisualStudio.Debugger.Interop.dll

See also