[Development] [Windows] State of the Qt6 natvis file

[Nicolas Arnaud-Cormos]

On 13/03/2025 15:52, Jörg Bornemann wrote:
> [...]
> Let's focus on the next steps. I propose to do the following on our side:
>
> 1. Consolidate the two copies of natvis files in the qtvstools repo. 
> Why do they exist?
> 2. Remove the namespace from the files and adjust the namespace 
> replacement code.
> 3. Move the updated natvis files to a central location. We already 
> have 
> https://codereview.qt-project.org/admin/repos/qt-labs/vs-debugtools,general 
> Why not use that.
> 4. Make the VS and VS Code extension use the natvis files from there. 
> Either via a git submodule or an update script or such.
>
>
> How does this sound?

This is a very good plan IMO, I would add:

3a) Change license (if BSD, it seems possible to integrate MIT code too, 
with proper copyright attribution)
3b) Rename to qt5.natvis and qt6.natvis (without the namespaces, it's 
possible to use them as is, and will make development/contributions even 
easier)

Thank you, once done I'll be happy to contribute my changes to it.

Cheers,
Nicolas

> Cheers,
>
> Joerg
>
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