[System.Diagnostics.DebuggerHidden()]; unreachable?

[ic2]

In Vulcan adding this statement at the end of a method or function prevents the debugger to step through the lines ofthat code:

[System.Diagnostics.DebuggerHidden()];

(It is one of the items on my list of drawbacks VS versus VO where you can just set an attribute to a method for that which is a lot clearer)

However in X# it gives the error XS0162 Unreachable code detected

What should I do differently?

I tried it without () ( as in C#) and without ; (which gives a parser error) so I am not sure how it was changed in X#?

Dick

[FFF]

Wouldn't that has to be placed in front of the method?

Karl

[ic2]

Hello Karl,

Yes you are right, I mixed 2 methods up. But the question remains unchanged...

Dick

[Chris]

Hi Dick,

That warning most probably refers to other part of the code, for example something like

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Function Something(l AS LOGIC) AS INT
IF l
  RETURN 1
ELSE
  RETURN 2
ENDIF
RETURN 0

so in this case the compiler realizes that the last RETURN statement will never execute. I suspect it will be something similar, but if it is not clear, can you please show us the code?

Chris

[ic2]

Hello Chris,

That warning most probably refers to other part of the code

Smart and your are absolutely right. I should have seen that the error pointed to the line above it - hence my mix up with "start" and "end" of the method.

It looks like it works with and without parenthesizes, correct?

[System.Diagnostics.DebuggerHidden()];
and
[System.Diagnostics.DebuggerHidden];

Dick

[Chris]

Hi Dick,

Yeah, you can use either versions. In some attributes you can use parameters and in this case you'd need the syntax with the parentheses, for example:

[DebuggerBrowsable(DebuggerBrowsableState.Never)]

But for the parameterless attributes, also the "cleaner" syntax without parens is provided as well.

Chris