[Lldb-commits] [PATCH] D63240: [Core] Generalize ValueObject::IsRuntimeSupportValue

Wed Jun 26 11:40:28 PDT 2019

aprantl added inline comments.

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Comment at: source/Core/ValueObject.cpp:1706-1708
+  for (auto *runtime : process->GetLanguageRuntimes()) {
+    if (runtime->IsWhitelistedRuntimeValue(GetName()))
+      return false;
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jingham wrote:
> clayborg wrote:
> > davide wrote:
> > > clayborg wrote:
> > > > Still seems weird that any language can white list a variable by name. Say swift has a variable named "this" which is truly should be hidden and is marked as artificial, we will always show it...
> > > Swift has no `this`, it has `self`. And yes, there are many places in the debugger where `self` is mentioned explicitly by name and has special handling. Also, I think we want to show it, most of the times.
> > Exactly Davide. **Any** language can whitelist **any** variable they want for **any** other language regardless of the language of origin of the current ValueObject.
> I agree with Greg.  Otherwise various languages are going to fight about their respective white lists.  We should really get the ValueObject's runtime language with  ValueObject::GetObjectRuntimeLanguage() and then asking that runtime.
That's true, but in practice not likely a big problem, since you'd, e.g., need to have an *artificial* variable called `self` in C++ for this to surface.

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