Re: lldb support

[Stefan Monnier]

>> If a volunteer is willing to give us code to support using lldb, does it then
>> become a question of which uses to _not facilitate_?  That's really what I
>> reacting to. I totally understand not *making an effort* to support something
>> that might inhibit the growth of gdb; but if we're in the position of
>> receiving code to support lldb, then should the same argument be used to deny
>> its acceptance. Or is this not what you're saying?

> Such code to support LLDB exists.
>
> https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports/head/editors/emacs/files/extrapatch-lldb-gud.el?view=log
>
> It's available now for Emacs users on at least one (free) operating system.

This is the patch that was retracted from the LLVM repository because of
copyright issues, IIRC.

So, it's clearly not an option for inclusion into Emacs.


        Stefan