[lldb-dev] python command returns different values in a script and interactively

[Greg Clayton]

Your debugger is in synchronous mode which means process.Continue() won't return until your process stops. If you just want to run your target and not wait for it to stop try:

debugger.SetAsync(False)

then do your process.Continue()

This should let your script exit and then catch the event back in the debugger when it does stop. Then CTRL+C should work as well.

NOTE: process.Continue() won't work unless your process is already launched. Just wanted to make sure you weren't expecting it to launch your process.

Greg

> On Aug 12, 2014, at 3:58 PM, Ted Woodward <ted.woodward at codeaurora.org> wrote:
> 
> That fixed it, thanks Jim!
> 
> My next problem - I want to set a breakpoint at main and continue. This works, but I don't get the lldb prompt back, and can't do debugging. My code is:
> 
> def start (debugger, register, result, dict):
>    run (debugger, register, result, dict)
>    target = debugger.GetSelectedTarget()
>    process = target.GetProcess()
>    target.BreakpointCreateByName("main")
>    process.Continue()
> 
> ctrl-c doesn't break. I have to hit ctrl-z and kill lldb.
> 
> Ted
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jingham at apple.com [mailto:jingham at apple.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 5:25 PM
> To: Ted Woodward
> Cc: lldb-dev at cs.uiuc.edu
> Subject: Re: [lldb-dev] python command returns different values in a script and interactively
> 
> The lldb.{target,process,thread} globals are only set when running the interactive script interpreter in the lldb "script" command.  They aren't available in other environments like the breakpoint commands, or Python based user defined commands, etc.  They are really just for convenience when prototyping scripts.
> 
> In some actual Python code you should have some clear way, depending on the environment, what target you mean.  For instance, if you are writing a Python based lldb command, you might want to operate on the currently selected target (which you can look up in the debugger passed in to you) or you might want to look up a target by name, etc.  In a breakpoint command the relevant target will be the one which owns the process that owns the frame that actually hit the breakpoint, etc...
> 
> Jim
> 
>> On Aug 12, 2014, at 3:15 PM, Ted Woodward <ted.woodward at codeaurora.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I’m trying to write a python script that will launch a simulator to run the current target. In my script, I’ve got this code:
>>    foo = lldb.target.GetExecutable().__get_fullpath__()
>>    print foo
>>    print type(foo)
>> 
>> When I run it, I get this:
>> None
>> <type 'NoneType'>
>> 
>> But if I run the same commands interactively, I get the right values:
>> (lldb) script foo = lldb.target.GetExecutable().__get_fullpath__()
>> (lldb) script print foo
>> /usr2/ted/lldb_test/factorial
>> (lldb) script print type(foo)
>> <type 'str'>
>> 
>> After calling lldb.target.GetExecutable().__get_fullpath__() interactively, my script starts to work.
>> 
>> Why doesn’t it work in the script if I don’t call it interactively? How can I get it to work?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Ted
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