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+"""
+Example data formatters for strings represented as (pointer,length) pairs
+encoded in UTF8/16/32 for use with the LLDB debugger
+
+To use in your projects, tweak the children names as appropriate for your data structures
+and use as summaries for your data types
+
+part of The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
+This file is distributed under the University of Illinois Open Source
+License. See LICENSE.TXT for details.
+"""
+
+import lldb
+def utf8_summary(value,unused):
+	pointer = value.GetChildMemberWithName("first").GetValueAsUnsigned(0)
+	length = value.GetChildMemberWithName("second").GetValueAsUnsigned(0)
+	if pointer == 0:
+		return False
+	if length == 0:
+		return '""'
+	error = lldb.SBError()
+	string_data = value.process.ReadMemory(pointer, length, error)
+	return '"%s"' % (string_data) # utf8 is safe to emit as-is on OSX
+
+def utf16_summary(value,unused):
+	pointer = value.GetChildMemberWithName("first").GetValueAsUnsigned(0)
+	length = value.GetChildMemberWithName("second").GetValueAsUnsigned(0)
+	# assume length is in bytes - if in UTF16 chars, just multiply by 2
+	if pointer == 0:
+		return False
+	if length == 0:
+		return '""'
+	error = lldb.SBError()
+	string_data = value.process.ReadMemory(pointer, length, error)
+	return '"%s"' % (string_data.decode('utf-16').encode('utf-8')) # utf8 is safe to emit as-is on OSX
+
+def utf32_summary(value,unused):
+	pointer = value.GetChildMemberWithName("first").GetValueAsUnsigned(0)
+	length = value.GetChildMemberWithName("second").GetValueAsUnsigned(0)
+	# assume length is in bytes - if in UTF32 chars, just multiply by 4
+	if pointer == 0:
+		return False
+	if length == 0:
+		return '""'
+	error = lldb.SBError()
+	string_data = value.process.ReadMemory(pointer, length, error)
+	return '"%s"' % (string_data.decode('utf-32').encode('utf-8')) # utf8 is safe to emit as-is on OSX
+