Request: hxccp-debugger and nme target

[madrazo]

Hi guys,
We really want a hxcpp-debugger since a long time. Since 2012?
(we still use NME haxenme/nme#453)

There was experimental support on 2014
http://www.flashdevelop.org/community/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=11020

Yesterday, I had tried VS Code (https://github.com/jcward/vscode-hxcpp-debug) but I couldn't make it work.

Is still any plan for this in FlashDevelop?
Thanks

[Neverbirth]

I will try to summarize the situation from my side as best as possible:

I always wanted to work on improving the debugging support in FD, but always had to do something else.
Around a year and a half ago I started using Haxe for targetting JS. I tried to debug my projects with existing tools, always getting really bad results.
So I worked on refactoring the debugger support in FD, and I got to implement JS debugging through Chrome to some acceptable degree. This work would also help with adding hxcpp debugging.
After some initial steps I could clearly see that Haxe sourcemap generation was really bad, so I reported it and it got greatly improved (although still not perfect).
I continued my work on the debugger, but the more advanced my projects, the more useful a lot of other features of Chrome developer tools are. Sadly one cannot use the developer tools and use their own tools at the same time (maybe the situation changed now? at the time there was a bug ticket open for tons of years...), and the debugging experience on Chrome through sourcemaps is more than good enough IMHO.
All of this together with the increasing amount of professional work made me leave this aside...
Lately with the new macro interpreter being worked on for Haxe I feel like continuing the debugger support, but lack of time is right now a problem.
On the bright side it seems I will get again some quality time for FD soon, but I cannot give any ETA nor promises, I don't use hxcpp, so my interest on support for it is merely personal and therefore other things that will probably take more priority from me (although if I finish the debugger refactoring more chances for someone else stepping in and taking the task).

[madrazo]

Than you for your detailed answer.
We are not in hurry and I'll stick around to see if I can help on something.