[lldb-dev] What's the best way to use "--all-files" option from python?

[Don Hinton via lldb-dev]

I'd also like to include the path in the pattern, e.g., -f "*/clang/*",
which would cut the number of files examined by about half for my use case.



On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 7:24 PM, Zachary Turner <zturner at google.com> wrote:

> Pass a pattern to the -f option.
>
> On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 7:18 PM Don Hinton <hintonda at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Do you mean just pass a pattern to the -f option or FileSpec?
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 24, 2017 at 6:50 PM, Zachary Turner <zturner at google.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> It might be worth brainstorming if there’s ways to do this that are both
>>> intuitive and don’t require more options.  As a command line user, I really
>>> value my keystrokes.
>>>
>>> One idea would be to use a syntax that matches that of the ‘-name’
>>> option to the standard ‘find’ utility.  This way filename pattern matching
>>> would work in a way familiar to almost everyone, no sb api options would
>>> need to be added.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 6:25 PM Jim Ingham via lldb-dev <
>>> lldb-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yeah, that would be easy to implement from the command line, maybe add
>>>> a --file-is-regex flag or something.
>>>>
>>>> From the SB API it would be better to have something like:
>>>>
>>>> SBFileList SBTarget.GetFileListMatchingRegex("regex")
>>>>
>>>> Please file an enhancement request for these of hack'em in if you're so
>>>> motivated.
>>>>
>>>> Jim
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > On Oct 23, 2017, at 6:13 PM, Don Hinton <hintonda at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > Ah, great, thanks.  I just figured the default was the same for both.
>>>> >
>>>> > Just wish I could use a regex for the filename as well, which would
>>>> cut down the number of files about about half.
>>>> >
>>>> > thanks again...
>>>> > don
>>>> >
>>>> > On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 6:02 PM, Jim Ingham <jingham at apple.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> > Just pass an invalid FileSpec for the source file spec, like:
>>>> >
>>>> > lldb.target.BreakpointCreateBySourceRegex("printf",
>>>> lldb.SBFileSpec())
>>>> >
>>>> > and it acts the same way as the --all-files option.  That was pretty
>>>> non-obvious, I'll update the docs.
>>>> >
>>>> > Actually, the thing you CAN'T do is get the command line behavior
>>>> where lldb uses the "default file" i.e. when you run "break set -p" but
>>>> don't supply a file or the --all-files option.  That seemed to me less
>>>> useful for a programming interface since the default file is history
>>>> dependent (it's the file with "main" in it before you run, then it's where
>>>> you last set a breakpoint, or where you last stopped, etc.)  If you needed
>>>> this behavior it would be better to have the target vend the default file,
>>>> though right now that's really only maintained by the breakpoint command...
>>>> >
>>>> > Jim
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > > On Oct 23, 2017, at 5:31 PM, Don Hinton via lldb-dev <
>>>> lldb-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
>>>> > >
>>>> > > The only way I've been able to do it is by using the
>>>> CommandInterpreter, i.e.,
>>>> > >
>>>> > >   res = lldb.SBCommandReturnObject()
>>>> > >   lldb.debugger.GetCommandInterpreter().HandleCommand('breakpoint
>>>> set -p "diag::%s" --all-files -N %s' % (name, name), res);
>>>> > >   lldb.debugger.GetCommandInterpreter().HandleCommand('breakpoint
>>>> disable %s' % name, res);
>>>> > >
>>>> > > Is this the best way to do it?  Can't seem to figure out how to use
>>>> SBTarget.BreakpointCreateBySourceRegex() for all files.
>>>> > >
>>>> > > thanks...
>>>> > > don
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