JDevlieghere added inline comments.
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Comment at: lldb/tools/lldb-test/lldb-test.cpp:145
+ "compiler-context",
+ cl::desc("Specify a compiler context as \"[(type,name),...]\"."),
+ cl::value_desc("context"), cl::sub(SymbolsSubcommand));
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aprantl wrote:
> labath wrote:
> > JDevlieghere wrote:
> > > aprantl wrote:
> > > > JDevlieghere wrote:
> > > > > > ...as a JSON array...`
> > > > >
> > > > > This makes me wonder though, wouldn't it be better to pass a file
> > > > > here and have it live in inputs? Do you expect it to be different
> > > > > across tests or could we reuse the context across tests?
> > > > I don't really expect a DeclContexts to have more than 3 entries in the
> > > > forseeable future, so that would arguable just make the test harder to
> > > > read.
> > > But would those entries be the same across tests or not? If they're the
> > > same I think it'd be better to reuse them, even if it's only a few
> > > entries.
> > I actually think it is nice to have the entries present in the test file
> > directly. However, what I think will be an issue is that you need to use
> > two layers of quotes to pass a json string over the command line. I expect
> > this will cause problems on windows, because quoting works differently
> > there.
> >
> > What I would actually suggest is to ditch JSON, and use a custom format for
> > passing this. Maybe something like `--compiler-context
> > Module:CModule,Module:SubModule,...`. That would be both shorter and
> > completely avoid quotes. I don't think is should make parsing this
> > signtificantly more difficult than what you have now.
> > But would those entries be the same across tests or not? If they're the
> > same I think it'd be better to reuse them, even if it's only a few entries.
>
> No, they would be highly specific to the test. A context is a search
> criterium, something like "any class type called Foo nested inside a module
> called A".
Okay, in that case passing them on the command line is definitely the way to go.
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