Meaning of symbols in the Debug area from Xcode

I could only find a list of the variable types from Ken Orr's "Debugging with Xcode" WWDC 2012 presentation slides (Session 412). You may, or may not, have access to these slides.

  • L: Local Variable
  • A: Argument
  • S: Static Variable
  • V: Global Variable (Darker)
  • R: Register
  • V: Instance Variable (Lighter)
  • E: Expression

Note: I cannot be more specific about the different colours of the 'V' variables as I am colour-blind. Boo hoo, poor me. Perhaps you can tell me?

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Apple developers must have added it to the docs after this question was asked, as it is in the docs

There are actually only 6 labels, L, A, S, V, R, E, where V is shared between Global and instance variables. At least now, they are exactly the same colour.

Screenshot of label names.