[cfe-dev] [analyzer] gdb pretty printers for analyzer specific types

[Artem Dergachev via cfe-dev]

Do i understand correctly that you're basically advocating for a QoL 
change that'll make lldb commands `p V` and `p V.dump()` equivalent?

On 05.08.2020 10:40, Balázs Benics via cfe-dev wrote:
> I was thinking about some pretty printers.
> And I'm thinking about SVals and SymExprs specifically.
>
> Why do we have no pretty printers for such types?
>
> I guess we could reuse their dump() method to acquire string 
> representation.
> The only problem is that that dumps the output to the /standard error 
> stream/.
>
> What options do I have to get a python pretty-printer using this dump 
> method?
>
> Another possible way to implement such a pretty printer is to hardcode 
> the SVal
> kinds in python to do the right thing for each case.
> I'm not really a big fan of this way though.
>
> If you have experience with gdb pretty printers then your comments 
> more then welcomed.
>
> Balazs.
>
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