Recommit "[lldb] Redefine p alias to dwim-print command"
Redefine the `p` alias to the `dwim-print` command instead of `expression`.
See https://reviews.llvm.org/D138315 for the introduction of `dwim-print`.
To summarize, `dwim-print` is, as the name suggests, a command for printing. How a value
gets printed, is decided by `dwim-print`. In some cases, `dwim-print` will print values
using the same means as `frame variable` (because it's generally more reliable and
faster that `expression` evaluation), and in other cases `dwim-print` uses the same code
path as `expression`.
This change has been tested in two different ways:
1. Re-aliasing `p` to `dwim-print`, as in this patch
2. Redefinining the `expression` command to `CommandObjectDWIMPrint`
Previously, many of the lldb's tests used `p`, and which meant a test run with `p`
aliases to `dwim-print` was a good way to test `dwim-print`. However most of those tests
were updated to use `expression` explicitly (in anticipation of this change). Now, the
best way to test `dwim-print` is the second approach:
```
diff --git a/lldb/source/Interpreter/CommandInterpreter.cpp b/lldb/source/Interpreter/CommandInterpreter.cpp
index
373c894f34f5..
9c943cd30c7c 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Interpreter/CommandInterpreter.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Interpreter/CommandInterpreter.cpp
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ void CommandInterpreter::LoadCommandDictionary() {
REGISTER_COMMAND_OBJECT("diagnostics", CommandObjectDiagnostics);
REGISTER_COMMAND_OBJECT("disassemble", CommandObjectDisassemble);
REGISTER_COMMAND_OBJECT("dwim-print", CommandObjectDWIMPrint);
- REGISTER_COMMAND_OBJECT("expression", CommandObjectExpression);
+ REGISTER_COMMAND_OBJECT("expression", CommandObjectDWIMPrint);
REGISTER_COMMAND_OBJECT("frame", CommandObjectMultiwordFrame);
REGISTER_COMMAND_OBJECT("gui", CommandObjectGUI);
REGISTER_COMMAND_OBJECT("help", CommandObjectHelp);
```
When the test suite is run with this change, there are two main categories of test
failures for specific to features that `dwim-print` intentionally doesn't support:
1. Top level expressions (`--top-level`/`-p`)
2. Multiline expressions
In cases where the behavior of `expression` is needed, users can use `expression` at
those times.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D145189