diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/ChangeLog b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/ChangeLog
index a0f47ed73f9..3133b9d5205 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/ChangeLog
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2003-06-04 Mikhail Khodjaiants
+	The presentation of the new types.
+	* CDTDebugModelPresentation.java
+
 2003-05-23 Mikhail Khodjaiants
 	Fix for PR 38047: Unable to save changes in C/C++ debug editor.
 	* CDebugEditor.java
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/CDTDebugModelPresentation.java b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/CDTDebugModelPresentation.java
index 37eff8fabba..c82f6ccd71e 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/CDTDebugModelPresentation.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.cdt.debug.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/debug/internal/ui/CDTDebugModelPresentation.java
@@ -564,10 +564,19 @@ public class CDTDebugModelPresentation extends LabelProvider
 						label.append( ']' );					
 					}
 				}
-				else if ( !((ICVariable)var).isStructure() && value.getValueString() != null && value.getValueString().trim().length() > 0 )
+
+				else if ( !((ICVariable)var).isStructure() &&  value.getValueString() != null )
 				{
-					label.append( "= " );
-					label.append( value.getValueString().trim() );
+					String valueString = value.getValueString().trim();
+					if ( valueString.length() == 0 && ((ICVariable)var).isCharacter() )
+						valueString = ".";
+					if ( ((ICVariable)var).isNaN() )
+						valueString = "NAN";
+					if ( valueString.length() > 0 )
+					{
+						label.append( "= " );
+						label.append( valueString );
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}