[Lldb-commits] [lldb] 1b54805 - [lldb][docs] Update instructions for debugging API tests (#89979)

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Author: Chelsea Cassanova
Date: 2024-04-24T18:31:31-07:00
New Revision: 1b54805dfcebe02f28e23f655c8fbf4dc610aa70

URL: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/1b54805dfcebe02f28e23f655c8fbf4dc610aa70
DIFF: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/1b54805dfcebe02f28e23f655c8fbf4dc610aa70.diff

LOG: [lldb][docs] Update instructions for debugging API tests (#89979)

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Modified: 
    lldb/docs/resources/test.rst

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diff  --git a/lldb/docs/resources/test.rst b/lldb/docs/resources/test.rst
index 094fde8b1b5a0a..382e42bf22b102 100644
--- a/lldb/docs/resources/test.rst
+++ b/lldb/docs/resources/test.rst
@@ -618,9 +618,9 @@ On non-Windows platforms, you can use the ``-d`` option to ``dotest.py`` which
 will cause the script to print out the pid of the test and wait for a while
 until a debugger is attached. Then run ``lldb -p <pid>`` to attach.
 
-To instead debug a test's python source, edit the test and insert
-``import pdb; pdb.set_trace()`` at the point you want to start debugging. In
-addition to pdb's debugging facilities, lldb commands can be executed with the
+To instead debug a test's python source, edit the test and insert ``import pdb; pdb.set_trace()`` or ``breakpoint()`` (Python 3 only) at the point you want to start debugging. The ``breakpoint()`` command can be used for any LLDB Python script, not just for API tests.
+
+In addition to pdb's debugging facilities, lldb commands can be executed with the
 help of a pdb alias. For example ``lldb bt`` and ``lldb v some_var``. Add this
 line to your ``~/.pdbrc``:
 


        


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