A simple MI interface to LLDB.

Since Apple has withdrawn its support for GDB. The options to debug an application with CDT on Mac OS X are:

1. Use Xcode:

• Natural for Mac OS X, but limited for sharing projects or cross compiling on Linux or Windows.
• Not adequate for multi language programs (eg: C with Java or Perl).

2. Install GNU GDB:

• Easy to install from H-mebrew or Macports.
• Does not support Mac OS X dynamic libraries preventing from debugging code inside these libraries.

3. Install LLDB-MI:

• This program is promising, but is not yet mature.
• With Eclipse, it must be run in a manual remote debugging session implying to open a shell window and start manually a debug server with the program being debugged as argument (if there is a better way, doc do not mention it).
• The actual version doesn’t display nor update variables correctly.
• Many error messages with Eclipse (command arguments nor recognized).
• The code is complex and not easy to debug for a newcomer.

LLDBMI2 is a lightweight alternative to LLDB-MI on Mac OS X. It allows:

• Debug a local application
• Attach to a running process.

It should be useful for Mac OS x users until LLDB-MI gets enough maturity or when Eclipse will support directly LLDB.

No remote debugging.

No support for Non-stop debugging, Multi-process debugging and Reverse debugging until LLDB support them.

To display arrays of structures, theses structures must be defines with typedef (limitation of DWARF)