[PATCH] D75343: [RFC][debuginfo-tests][dexter] Add a test generation tool

Pierre van Houtryve via Phabricator via llvm-commits llvm-commits at lists.llvm.org
Tue Mar 3 06:38:33 PST 2020


Pierre-vh added a comment.

In D75343#1902893 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D75343#1902893>, @TWeaver wrote:

> Hi Pierre,
>
> I really like this idea and think there could be some useful applications.
>
> The work I'm doing atm involves implementing a new type of stepping behaviour in DebuggerBase. I'm currently at the prototyping stage but I was thinking about adding support for new and interesting stepping behaviours (such as yours) that don't follow the default use case.
>
> My code is very similar to yours in that it's written within the existing code base and modifies the existing stepping behaviour. I don't think this is the optimal way to go about supporting different stepping behaviours.
>
> Perhaps, if you've the time, we could put our heads together and come up with a design that can support the original use case, our new use cases and any future use cases that may arise.
>
> Do you think there's scope to generalise your work so that it can be implemented in the other debugger/s too?
>
> Kindest Regard
>  Tom W


Hello,

I haven't attempted to generalize my work as I entirely rely on the LLDB library for this (and I work on Linux so I can't work with any other debugger supported by Dexter)
Maybe we can try to find something together? Where do you wish to discuss this?

Kind regards,
Pierre van Houtryve


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