Why the colon?

[joaomoreno]

Testing #9684

Each variable page group seems to end with the colon :, as if there is a value right after it.

But there never is 😢

[isidorn]

This was originaly proposed by @weinand
I am fine with removing the colon. @weinand opinion?

[weinand]

@isidorn what do chrome dev tools in this case?

[isidorn]

@weinand they do not have the colon, and they also do what @joaomoreno proposed in #9774

[weinand]

@isidorn we should not only remove the colon in this case but establish the rule that there is only a colon if it is followed by a value.

[weinand]

@isidorn please consider to use the ellipsis character instead of '..'

[joaomoreno]

@isidorn Shouldn't individual indexes not have the array brackets, just like every other key?

[weinand]

@joaomoreno the brackets of the individual indexes are provided by the backend. They are not created in the VS Code debugger UI.
The current strategy for node-debug is to user brackets for arrays only and to use plain numbers for (well known) data structures that preserve insertion order like Maps or Sets.

[joaomoreno]

That actually makes sense. Closing.