[lldb-dev] [PATCH] For SBDebugger::Create assertion failure

[Matthew Gardiner]

Thanks Zach,

Yes, as I wrote in my reply to Greg, the issue is the scoping, since
SBDebugger::Initialise/Terminate operate on the API as a whole, not just
an SBDebugger instance.

Matt

On Wed, 2014-10-08 at 13:26 -0700, Zachary Turner wrote:
> Want to say I agree with Greg on this one, but did want to answer one
> question you had.
> 
> On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 10:15 PM, Matthew Gardiner <mg11 at csr.com>
> wrote:
>         On Tue, 2014-10-07 at 17:10 -0700, Greg Clayton wrote:
>         > It is quite common for shared libraries to have initialize
>         and terminate calls. We have this in LLDB.
>         
>         Agreed. Lots of libraries have to initialise resource, then
>         release the
>         resource upon terminate.
>         
>         But why have an Initialise method when you _already_ have a
>         Create
>         method? Likewise a Terminate method when you _already_ have a
>         Destroy
>         method.
>         
>         Surely when a "thing" is created that is also when it is
>         initialised?
> 
> 
> Initialize() initializes global state that is a pre-requisite for
> using *any* SBDebugger instance.  Create() creates a single instance
> of an SBDebugger, assuming that the global state has already been
> initialized.  You can have multiple SBDebuggers, but you can only
> Initialize() once.
> 
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