Patrick Kilgore (Jun 23 2022 at 14:22): Patrick Kilgore (Jun 23 2022 at 14:22):This is the first time I've reached for LLDB on my apple silicon, it seems to be resisting my efforts to run roc with breakpoints set. I either see this error with r : error: shell expansion failed (reason: could not get support executable directory for lldb-argdumper tool). consider launching with 'process launch'. or this with process launch: error: unable to locate debugserver.
The point here really isn't to figure out what's wrong with my env, although I'd appreciate any suggestions.. Rather, what do you use to breakpoint / debug when contributing? dbg!? gdb? Or does lldb work for you.
Brendan Hansknecht (Jun 23 2022 at 14:34):I personally tend to switch to Linux and gdb (tui mode) and objdump when doing complex debugging (though I also tend to deal with more low level roc stuff, generating raw assembly and surgical linking)
Brendan Hansknecht (Jun 23 2022 at 14:35):Though dbg! is often enough for many simple cases.
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