From @KuddLim on July 26, 2017 8:27

• VSCode #Version: 1.14.2
• OS Version: LMDE 2 Betsy x86_64

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Make a simple c++ project
2. declare std::string (or std::wstring) and put some CJK string to it.
3. Launch gdb session
4. Watch variable

Reproduces without extensions: Yes

in vscode, variables are represented in numerics

in gdb, variable are represented correctly,

Here's the content of ~/.gdbinit
set target-wide-charset UCS-4

Copied from original issue: microsoft/vscode#31442