lldb plugin for nim

[timotheecour]

links

• Write an LLDB plugin for dlang · Issue #81 · dlang/projects
• TODO: publish what i had

[ringabout]

useful resource
https://www.reddit.com/r/nim/comments/lhaaa6/debugging_support_formatters_for_lldb_in_vscode/

[timotheecour]

thanks; so the approach I did was instead based on nim based dll that gets dlopen'd; it's IMO better since we're reusing the same language (nim) as the one being debugged (and I prefer coding in nim ;-) ); it was using std/typeinfo which allows type introspection at RT for types you haven't seen before.

[ringabout]

debug tools
https://rr-project.org

which helps status-im@f05ba3c

[timotheecour]

@quantimnot

OT: The other work is GDB/LLDB/... extensions for Nim. I remember reading a comment from you regarding some work you did for a LLDB plugin. Do you have any work (even sloppy experimental code) that you can share? I'd primarily be interested in any formatters you have developed.

yes on my TODO list...