[Lldb-commits] [PATCH] D115974: [formatters] Improve documentation

[Jim Ingham via Phabricator via lldb-commits]

jingham added a comment.

Those are useful tips, thanks!



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Comment at: lldb/docs/use/variable.rst:77
+which is what the user would expect from a good debugger.
+
 There are several features related to data visualization: formats, summaries,
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This is a nice example, but we should also/instead use an example with `v` for two reasons.

First, `p` is super overkill as a way to print a local variable called a_deque, `v` is the preferred tool.
Second, `v` actually understands synthetic children, so you can also do:

(lldb) v a_deque[0]

if you only want to see the first element, etc.

This can be convenient, and may not be as widely known.


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