[Lldb-commits] [lldb] [lldb] Upgrade `GetIndexOfChildWithName` to use `llvm::Expected` (PR #136693)

Adrian Prantl via lldb-commits lldb-commits at lists.llvm.org
Thu Apr 24 12:56:43 PDT 2025


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@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ TypeFilterImpl::FrontEnd::GetIndexOfChildWithName(ConstString name) {
       }
     }
   }
-  return UINT32_MAX;
+  return llvm::createStringError(
+      "'SyntheticChildrenFrontEnd::FrontEnd' cannot find index of child '%s'",
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adrian-prantl wrote:

> Adding logging to all these places feels a bit noisy.

Currently the error is dropped silently. You wouldn't replace that with adding logging everywhere. My suggestion would be to:
- return errors that are understandable to users
- where necessary add logging in the error case with additional information

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/136693


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