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When debugging C/C++ (unmanaged?) code in VS, after stepping out of a function, you can see the returned value in the ‘autos’ window:
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However, this does not work for C# code:
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Any suggestion on how to get the return value other than cluttering the code with temporary variables?
It is actually visible. Debug + Other Windows + Registers. Look at the value of EAX (RAX in x64). The value of simple integral types are returned in the EAX register. Long in EDX:EAX. Floating point in STx (XMM00 in x64).
This has been hard to implement, the jitter determines how methods return a value and different jitters will make different choices. Particularly so when the return value type isn’t simple, like a struct. If it is large then the jitter will reserve stack space on the calling method and pass a pointer to that space so the called method can copy the return value there. Nevertheless, VS2013 finally made it available, currently available in preview. Visible in the Autos window and by using the
$ReturnValueintrinsic variable in the Immediate window and watch expressions.