[llvm-dev] Skipping a function/line in the debug information?

[Adrian Prantl via llvm-dev]

The first two options that come to mind are:

1. don't generate debug info for these functions
Many debuggers will avoid stepping into functions without debug info.

2. mark the function as as DW_AT_artifical to communicate to your debugger to skip it. I don't know if LLDB does this automatically, but you could easily make that the behavior for your language. For details it's best to ask on lldb-dev.

-- adrian

> On Feb 24, 2020, at 12:54 PM, Levo DeLellis via llvm-dev <llvm-dev at lists.llvm.org> wrote:
> 
> I'm not sure where to look or if it's possible, if someone could point me in the right direction that would be great
> 
> There's a few internal functions in my language like WriteLine. When I use lldb to 'thread step-in' (or vscode) the debugger will enter the function. Is it possible to let lldb know it should skip the function? I tried using clang to find some clues but puts and other function all allow me to step in and gets a missing source error.
> Is there any llvm-ir code I can look at to show me how to skip a function? Or a language that generates the appropriate ir?
> 
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