Show hex representation of variable while debugging

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
csharp, vscode
Domain
devtools

Research direction

No source file, test, or entry point is named. Start by reviewing the linked VS Code issue 94935 and then trace how the Mono debug adapter supplies variable values for the left panel and editor hover. Done means hexadecimal values are shown alongside the existing decimal and ASCII representations in both locations.

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Description

I work C/C++ code frequently and use VSCode as my primary editor and debugger. Viewing data in hexadecimal representation is necessary when working in low-level development. I'm hoping that it might be possible to configure the debugger, when viewing variables in the left panel and while hovering over the variables in the code editor space, that the hex representation of the variable's value can also be shown. Currently, I can only see the decimal and ASCII representations.

See also: https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/94935

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