[Lldb-commits] [lldb] Add doc strings for SBValue::IsValid and SBValue::GetError. (PR #94007)

Alex Langford via lldb-commits lldb-commits at lists.llvm.org
Fri May 31 16:36:51 PDT 2024


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@@ -45,6 +45,36 @@ SBValue instance which interprets the value object as representing the head of a
 linked list."
 ) lldb::SBValue;
 
+%feature("docstring", "
+Returns true if the SBValue holds any useful state
+and false otherwise.
+IsValid is a very weak API, lldb will only return
+invalid SBValues if it has no useful information
+about the SBValue.
+The two main ways you will end up with an invalid
+SBValue are:
+1) default constructed SBValues are not valid.
+2) SBValues that have outlived their SBTarget are
+no longer valid since its not safe to ask them
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bulbazord wrote:

If you just get back invalid/empty return values for the APIs you call on SBValue for invalid SBValues, why is it not safe to ask them questions? What does "safe" mean here?

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/94007


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