Evaluate namespaces in debug console

[jeffam]

PHP version: 8.2.15
Xdebug version: 3.2.0
VS Code extension version: 1.34.0

When I test expressions in the debug console, I've noticed that namespaced classes don't seem to evaluate use statements.

For example, if I debug this code:

<?php

require '../vendor/autoload.php';

use XdebugNsTest\Bar;

$test = new Bar('Hello, World!');

var_dump($test instanceof Bar);

And enter the following in the debug console:

→  $test
 ❯ XdebugNsTest\Bar
→  $test instanceof Bar
   false
→  $test instanceof XdebugNsTest\Bar
   true

$test instanceof Bar returns false when I would expect it to return true.

[zobo]

Indeed that is the current way, as all code in the debug window is just passed to Xdebug eval command. And this is probably as it is in PHP as I believe use referencing happens in compile time and not run-time.

This is also something that's bothering me sometimes but I can hardly do much as it would require that this extension understood a lot more about PHP language as it does...