Mac OS X Status
-Mac OS X Status
+LLDB has matured a lot in the last year and can be used for - C, C++ and Objective C development for x86_64, i386 and ARM debugging. - The entire public API is exposed though a framework on Mac OS X which - is used by Xcode, the lldb command line tool, and can also be used by - Python. The entire public API is exposed through script bridging which - allows LLDB to use an embedded Python script interpreter, as well as - having a Python module named "lldb" which can be used from Python - on the command line. This allows debug sessions to be scripted. It also - allows powerful debugging actions to be created and attached to a variety - of debugging workflows.
-Linux Status
-LLDB is improving on Linux. While the debugserver has not been ported - (to enable remote debugging) Linux is nearing feature completeness with Darwin - to debug x86_64 programs, and is partially working with i386 programs. - ARM architectures on Linux are untested. - For more details, see the Features by OS section below. -
FreeBSD Status
-LLDB on FreeBSD lags behind the Linux implementation but is improving rapidly. - For more details, see the Features by OS section below. -
Features by OS
-The table below shows a summary of the features that are available - on several platforms. In addition to Linux and Mac OS X, LLDB is also - known to work on FreeBSD. Windows and NetBSD support is under development. -
| Feature | -FreeBSD (x86_64) |
- Linux (x86_64) |
- Mac OS X (i386/x86_64 and ARM/Thumb) | -
|---|---|---|---|
| Backtracing | -OK | -OK | -OK | -
Breakpoints
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- OK | -OK | -OK | -
C++11:
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- OK | -OK | -OK | -
| Commandline lldb tool | -OK | -OK | -OK | -
| Core file debugging | -OK (ELF) | -OK (ELF) | -OK (MachO) | -
| Debugserver (remote debugging) | -Not ported | -Not ported | -OK | -
| Disassembly | -OK | -OK | -OK | -
| Expression evaluation | -Unknown | -Works with some bugs | -OK | -
| JIT debugging | -Unknown | -Symbolic debugging only | -Untested | -
Objective-C 2.0:
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- Unknown | -Not applicable | -OK | -
Process control
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- Works, with some bugs | -OK (except exec*) | -OK | -
| Public Python API | -OK | -OK | -OK | -
Registers (x86_64 and i386)
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- GP and FP OK | -OK (except for exception state registers) | -OK | -
| Script bridging | -OK | -OK | -OK | -
| Symbol reading and object file introspection | -OK | -OK | -OK | -
| Thread inspection and stepping | -OK | -OK | -OK | -
| Watchpoints | -OK | -OK | -OK | -
LLDB has matured a lot in the last year and can be used for + C, C++ and Objective C development for x86_64, i386 and ARM debugging. + The entire public API is exposed though a framework on Mac OS X which + is used by Xcode, the lldb command line tool, and can also be used by + Python. The entire public API is exposed through script bridging which + allows LLDB to use an embedded Python script interpreter, as well as + having a Python module named "lldb" which can be used from Python + on the command line. This allows debug sessions to be scripted. It also + allows powerful debugging actions to be created and attached to a variety + of debugging workflows.
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