Expanded variables collapse when stepping through code

[jcowgar]

Given the simple program:

package main

import "fmt"

type Person struct {
	Name string
	Age int
}

func main() {
	p := Person{Name:"John", Age:20}
	name := p.Name
	p.Age = p.Age * 2

	fmt.Printf("Hello, %s!\n", name)
}

When setting a break point on name := p.Name. When the breakpoint hits, I expand the p structure in the Variables tab of the debugger. It shows Name and Age. However, when I press Step Over, the code pointer moves, but the expanded p structure is collapsed. I have to expand it with each code line processed.

It would be nice if the debugger kept the structure expanded while walking through the code.

[daveleroy]

This is on my list of things but its kind of a pain to try and cross reference variables between stopped events so they can be expanded.

Here is a ticket about this for vscode https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/issues/93230