When I have global variables and the #include "JoystickDriver.c" many of the variables are not visible in the Program Debug window. When I remove the #include "JoystickDriver.c" line all variables become visible in the Program Debug window.

See the two screen shots. (The white X's are warnings because those variables are never read.)

Without #include:




With #include:



Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?

-Norm Hurst

I should play around with the IDE before replying, but just to take a guess... the debug window is titled "Global Variables"; maybe you're looking at it the wrong way?
Could it be that it should only be displaying global variables, but just happens to show local variables when you have no other tasks or functions besides main? In a way I can see how those local variables would have scope equivalent to global as they are accessible by all the compiled code when there are no other tasks/functions defined?

To test this (I do not have access to ROBOTC at the moment), what happens if you define another task or function in the same file without using any includes?

If that were the case, then something is still wrong, because the fourth global variable is not being shown.


In short, no change. I added



and it showed the same behavior as originally described. Then I added



Again, no difference in behavior.