[lldb-dev] Welcome Alexander!

[Александр Поляков via lldb-dev]

​Thanks Greg,

I changed the title and abstract, please check it out.
https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/projects/#5427847301169152​


Regards,
Alexander Polyakov

2018-04-24 19:44 GMT+03:00 Greg Clayton <clayborg at gmail.com>:

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> On Apr 24, 2018, at 9:37 AM, Jim Ingham <jingham at apple.com> wrote:
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> On Apr 24, 2018, at 7:43 AM, Greg Clayton via lldb-dev <
> lldb-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
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> Welcome Alexander!
>
>
> Yes, welcome!
>
>
> The title might be more stated as "Reimplement lldb-mi to correctly use
> the SB API instead of using HandleCommand and regular expressions to parse
> the command results" as it is already using the SB API, just not using it
> anywhere close to correctly!
>
> I look forward to seeing the changes.
>
> A few things I ran into when playing with lldb-mi:
> - file-exec or exec-file packet might come _after_ some breakpoints are
> set. We should make sure we create a lldb::SBTarget right away and set the
> breakpoints on the empty target so that we don't miss these breakpoints if
> this is still an issue. Then the when we receive the exec-file packet, we
> set the file on the target
>
>
> Breakpoints set before any target is created are set on the dummy target.
> Breakpoints on the dummy target are copied into any new targets.  So this
> should not be necessary.  If that wasn't working we should figure that out,
> but it's not the responsibility of the MI to get this right.
>
>
> We are trying not to use the command line and the command line is what
> uses the dummy target automatically. When using the SB API you use a
> lldb::SBTarget to set the breakpoint on so you need a target. What do you
> suggest we use for the target? I would rather the lldb-mi code not rely on
> the currently selected target or the dummy target.
>
>
> - remove all uses of HandleCommand and use SB APIs where possible
> - Add any SB API that might be missing and require us to use HandleCommand
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>
> The rest of these seem good guidelines.
>
> Jim
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> Good luck and let us know if you have any questions,
>
> Greg Clayton
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>
> On Apr 23, 2018, at 3:19 PM, Adrian Prantl via lldb-dev <
> lldb-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
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> Please join me in welcoming Alexander Polyakov, who will be working on
> cleaning up and completing LLDB's lldb-mi fronted as part of his Google
> Summer Of Code project:
>
> Reimplement lldb-mi on top of the LLDB public SB API
> https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/projects/#5427847301169152
>
> -- adrian
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