Writing to std::cout string values starting with "*" are not shown in the Debug Console.

[MonkeyNinja]

Type: Bug

use the cpp extenstion to build and run this code....

#include <iostream>

int main() {
  // The Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything
  int answer = 42;

  // But what is the question?
  std::cout << "The Answer: " << answer << "*" std::endl;
  std::cout << "*But what is the question?" << std::endl;

  return 0;
}

Debug Console:

Terminal:

Extension version: 1.22.11
VS Code version: Code 1.96.1 (42b266171e51a016313f47d0c48aca9295b9cbb2, 2024-12-17T17:50:05.206Z)
OS version: Windows_NT x64 10.0.22631
Modes:

System Info

Item	Value
CPUs	12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1255U (12 x 2611)
GPU Status	2d_canvas: enabled canvas_oop_rasterization: enabled_on direct_rendering_display_compositor: disabled_off_ok gpu_compositing: enabled multiple_raster_threads: enabled_on opengl: enabled_on rasterization: enabled raw_draw: disabled_off_ok skia_graphite: disabled_off video_decode: enabled video_encode: enabled vulkan: disabled_off webgl: enabled webgl2: enabled webgpu: enabled webnn: disabled_off
Load (avg)	undefined
Memory (System)	31.69GB (9.61GB free)
Process Argv	I:\My Drive\AdventOfCode2024 --crash-reporter-id 366ffa0d-363b-42ed-aa79-bdce4078f79d
Screen Reader	no
VM	0%

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