<h1 class="postheader">Variable display</h1>
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- <p>LLDB was recently modified to allow users to define custom
- formatting options for the variables display.</p>
+ <p>LLDB has a data formatters subsystem that allows users to define custom display options for their variables.</p>
<p>Usually, when you type <code>frame variable</code> or
run some <code>expression</code> LLDB will
<b>(lldb)</b> frame variable ns_string --dynamic-type no-run-target --show-types
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- <code>(id, dynamic type: __NSCFString) ns_string = 0x00000001001183d0 @"An NSString saying hello world"<br/>
+ <code>(__NSCFString *) ns_string = 0x00000001001183d0 @"An NSString saying hello world"<br/>
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Because LLDB uses a detection algorithm that does not need to invoke any functions