[Lldb-commits] [lldb] [lldb][Docs] Add equivalents of GDB's "skip" to command map (PR #120740)

[Dave Lee via lldb-commits]

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@@ -235,6 +235,40 @@ Do a source level single step in the currently selected thread
   (lldb) step
   (lldb) s
 
+Ignore a function when doing a source level single step in
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+  (gdb) skip abc
+  Function abc will be skipped when stepping.
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+  (lldb) settings show target.process.thread.step-avoid-regexp
+  target.process.thread.step-avoid-regexp (regex) = ^std::
+  (lldb) settings set target.process.thread.step-avoid-regexp (^std::)|(^abc)
+
+Get the default value, make it into a capture group, then add another capture
+group for the new function name.
+
+You can ignore a function once using:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+  (lldb) thread step-in -r ^abc
+
+Or you can do the opposite, only step into functions with a certain name:
+
+.. code-block:: shell
+
+  (lldb) sif abc
+  # Which is equivalent to:
+  (lldb) thread step-in -t abc
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kastiglione wrote:

It may be worth noting that the string is matched as a substring. The benefit is that for long function names, it's only necessary to type a uniquely identifiable substring.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/120740