[Lldb-commits] [lldb] [lldb] Propagate ExpressionErrors from ValueObjectPrinter::GetDescriptionForDisplay (PR #152417)

Adrian Prantl via lldb-commits lldb-commits at lists.llvm.org
Thu Aug 7 08:10:56 PDT 2025


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@@ -150,6 +151,11 @@ llvm::Expected<std::string> ValueObjectPrinter::GetDescriptionForDisplay() {
   if (maybe_str)
     return maybe_str;
 
+  if (maybe_str.errorIsA<lldb_private::ExpressionError>())
+    // Propagate expression errors to expose diagnostics to the user.
+    // Without this early exit, the summary/value may be shown without errors.
+    return maybe_str;
+
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adrian-prantl wrote:

Would this be testable by running an expression that fails reliably? For example by implementing a [-description] method that crashes?

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/152417


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