Work on LLDB support outside GSoc

[RISHABH GUPTA]

On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 4:53 AM, Aleix Pol <aleixpol at kde.org> wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 2:46 PM, RISHABH GUPTA <rishabh9511 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 23, 2016 at 10:53 AM, Aetf <7437103 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Rishabh,
> >
> > Hi
> >>
> >> I'm not sure about others, but at least my proposal for the LLDB support
> >> was accepted for the GSoC.
> >>
> >> It seems to me that you are trying to write the whole plugin from
> scratch,
> >
> > No
> >>
> >> while I'm going to work on the existing code base.
> >
> >
> > Same.  According to my findings it's mostly the same plugin so most of
> the
> > GDB's code will be reused.
> >
> >> I'm not sure which one is better but I think we can work in parallel and
> >> discuss all the designs/implementations about the debugger plugin. I
> believe
> >> we can both write better code in this way. :)
> >>
> >> This is my first time for GSoC, so I don't know if there's any
> >> policy/restrictions about this but I've seen somewhere mentioned that
> there
> >> can be multiple efforts towards the same project. So this should not be
> a
> >> problem.
> >>
> >> Unfortunately, I have to prepare for my exams for the following week so
> I
> >> don't have time to look deeper into the code shortly, but anyway here
> is my
> >> proposal [1], any thoughts, questions, suggestions are more than
> welcomed.
> >> And it would be really helpful if you can post yours so we can learn
> from
> >> each other.
> >
> >
> > I too have practicals and exams coming up.My exams are scheduled from
> 10th
> > to  24th may so right now I can't do much .
> >
> > My idea  was to make  Gdb's code generic so that both lldb and gdb can
> use
> > it .i.e to have a single debugger module from which both gdb and lldb
> can be
> > launched,this allows us to make use of most of the existing code.For
> example
> > classes like CppDebuggerPlugin, DebugJob, DebugSession are not debugger
> > specific and hence can be used generically .The only class I have
> > encountered till now  and is debugger specific is the launcher class.We
> need
> > to have two launcher classes(GdbLauncher and LldbLauncher) to provide
> users
> > the option to select from lldb and gdb .
> >
> > I am reusing the code but I am not implementing all the functions right
> > now.Only those which are needed at present are being implemented.
> >
> >
> > I have started implementing my idea .Here is the code
> > https://github.com/rish9511/kdevelop/tree/lldb/debuggers
> >
> > What this code does:
> >
> > 1.User gets the option to choose from lldb and gdb .
> >
> > 2.If user selects gdb to debug the program:
> >   a) the output will be displayed in the debug area(with no breakpoints)
> >
> >   b) if user selects lldb ,the output won't be displayed .To make this
> work
> > we need to implement the parser class.
> >
> >
> > Regarding your proposal:
> > The classes like  Debugsession ,DebugJob that you have listed as Lldb
> > specific ,according to me can be used by both gdb and lldb.
> >
> >
> > Please ask if you have any doubts or provide suggestions :)
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Rishabh
> >>
> >> [1]:
> >> https://github.com/Aetf/GSoC2016Proposals/blob/master/KDevelop-LLDB.md
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Aetf
> >>
> >> On Fri, Apr 22, 2016, 23:21 RISHABH GUPTA <rishabh9511 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi,
> >>> My proposal for LLDB support was not accepted for GSoc project .I want
> to
> >>> know whether I can still work on it with the guy who has been selected
> for
> >>> the project?
> >>>
> >>> My plan was to work on the project in any case (i.e outside gsoc or as
> a
> >>> gsoc) but didn't know there was some other guy applying for the same
> >>> project.
> >>>
> >>> Since I have already done some work on it and know about the project
> ,It
> >>> would be good If I  could also work on it .
> >>>
> >>> Thank you:)
> >>> Rishabh
>
> Hi Rishab,
> First of all, your commitment to collaborate with us is deeply
> appreciated. Thanks!
>
>
Thank you.

I'd love to take on your offer, but considering that Aetf will be
> working on it, have you considered to look into something else? For
> example we really need some help with improving the clang integration
> (as well as in other areas).
>

Sounds interesting.I'll try hacking on it after my exams.

>
> Please, consider it.
>
> Happy hacking!
> Aleix
>

Thanks,
rishabh
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