steakhal wrote:

> But I have to point out that this patch doesn't address the fact that `const 
> void* Data` is not friendly to debuggers, especially with type information 
> encoded in another member. So even with this patch applied, someone would 
> still have to write (and maintain) a custom formatter on debugger side to 
> display `Data` correctly.
> 
> If you refactor `const void* Data` to be a `llvm::PointerUnion`, then it will 
> be picked up automatically (`PointerUnion` is a popular type, so I've already 
> written a formatter for it.) Together with removing `BaseBits` from `Kind` 
> and making the latter non-packed, `SVal` will have a debugger-friendly layout.

What other ways are to make a `const void *` debugger-friendly - other than 
`llvm::PointerUnion`?
I've considered using plain-old unions, but I found that approach pretty ugly, 
and I'm not even sure if it would help debugging experience.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/71039
_______________________________________________
cfe-commits mailing list
cfe-commits@lists.llvm.org
https://lists.llvm.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cfe-commits

Reply via email to