Addiontal fix for #923

Author: haneefdm

src/backend/mi2/mi2.ts

@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ export class MI2 extends EventEmitter implements IBackend {
         }
         expression = expression.replace(/"/g, '\\"');
 
-        const thFr = ((scope === '*') && (threadId !== undefined) && (frameId !== undefined)) ? `--thread ${threadId} --frame ${frameId}` : '';
+        const thFr = ((threadId !== undefined) && (frameId !== undefined)) ? `--thread ${threadId} --frame ${frameId}` : '';
         const createResp = await this.sendCommand(`var-create ${thFr} ${name} ${scope} "${expression}"`);
         let overrideVal = null;
         if (fmt && name !== '-') {

src/gdb.ts

@@ -3211,7 +3211,12 @@ export class GDBDebugSession extends LoggingDebugSession {
                                     // We always create a floating variable so it will be updated in the context of the current frame
                                     // Technicall, we should be able to bind this to this frame but for some reason gdb gets confused
                                     // from previous stack frames and returns the wrong results or says nothing changed when in fact it has
-                                    varObj = await this.miDebugger.varCreate(0, exp, varObjName, '@');  // Create floating variable
+                                    if (args.frameId === undefined) {
+                                        varObj = await this.miDebugger.varCreate(0, exp, varObjName, '@');  // Create floating variable
+                                    } else {
+                                        varObj = await this.miDebugger.varCreate(0, exp, varObjName, '@', threadId, frameId);
+                                    }
+
                                     const varId = findOrCreateVariable(varObj);
                                     varObj.exp = exp;
                                     varObj.id = varId;

src/live-watch-monitor.ts

@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ export class VariablesHandler {
                                     if (forceNoFrameId || (args.frameId === undefined)) {
                                         varObj = await miDebugger.varCreate(0, exp, varObjName, '@');  // Create floating variable
                                     } else {
-                                        varObj = await miDebugger.varCreate(0, exp, varObjName, '*', threadId, frameId);
+                                        varObj = await miDebugger.varCreate(0, exp, varObjName, '@', threadId, frameId);
                                     }
                                     const varId = this.findOrCreateVariable(varObj);
                                     varObj.exp = exp;