[lldb-dev] ObjC decl string checks in Expr Eval?

[Colin Riley]

Hey folks,

I'm interested in the following code in ClangASTSource.cpp - 
ClangASTSource::FindExternalVisibleDecls(), around line 605.

  ...
     static ConstString id_name("id");
     static ConstString Class_name("Class");

     if (name == id_name || name == Class_name)
         return;
  ...

Is this a legacy bit of ObjC early exit magic? I've been wondering why 
expression evaluation was failing only ever on variables called 'id' ;) 
I don't have the ability to validate implications of removal of the code 
on ObjC. Any opinions on whether this is actually still needed?

Colin

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