Trac #31568: Add commands "sage --lldb", "sage -t --lldb"

... for debugging on macOS, similar to `sage --gdb` and `sage -t --gdb`

URL: https://trac.sagemath.org/31568
Reported by: mkoeppe
Ticket author(s): Matthias Koeppe
Reviewer(s): John Palmieri

Author: Release Manager

src/bin/sage

@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ usage_advanced() {
         echo "  --simple-prompt     -- pass the option through to IPython: use"
         echo "                         this option with sage-shell mode in emacs"
         echo "  --gdb               -- run Sage under the control of gdb"
-        echo "  --gdb-ipython       -- run Sage's IPython under the control of gdb"
+        echo "  --lldb              -- run Sage under the control of lldb"
     else
         echo "Running Sage:"
         echo "                         (not installed currently, "
@@ -1080,6 +1080,12 @@ if [ "$1" = '-gdb' -o "$1" = "--gdb" ]; then
     exit $?
 fi
 
+if [ "$1" = '-lldb' -o "$1" = "--lldb" ]; then
+    shift
+    sage_setup
+    lldb --one-line "process launch --tty" --one-line "cont" -- python "${SELF}-ipython" "$@"
+fi
+
 if [ "$1" = '-valgrind' -o "$1" = "--valgrind" -o "$1" = '-memcheck' -o "$1" = "--memcheck" ]; then
     shift
     sage_setup

src/bin/sage-runtests

@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     parser.add_argument("--only-errors", action="store_true", default=False, help="only output failures, not test successes")
 
     parser.add_argument("--gdb", action="store_true", default=False, help="run doctests under the control of gdb")
+    parser.add_argument("--lldb", action="store_true", default=False, help="run doctests under the control of lldb")
     parser.add_argument("--valgrind", "--memcheck", action="store_true", default=False,
                         help="run doctests using Valgrind's memcheck tool.  The log "
                         "files are named sage-memcheck.PID and can be found in " +

src/sage/doctest/control.py

@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ def __init__(self, **kwds):
         self.debug = False
         self.only_errors = False
         self.gdb = False
+        self.lldb = False
         self.valgrind = False
         self.massif = False
         self.cachegrind = False
@@ -365,7 +366,7 @@ def __init__(self, options, args):
         # account and check compatibility of the user's specified
         # options.
         if options.timeout < 0:
-            if options.gdb or options.debug:
+            if options.gdb or options.lldb or options.debug:
                 # Interactive debuggers: "infinite" timeout
                 options.timeout = 0
             elif options.valgrind or options.massif or options.cachegrind or options.omega:
@@ -1142,7 +1143,7 @@ def _optional_tags_string(self):
 
     def _assemble_cmd(self):
         """
-        Assembles a shell command used in running tests under gdb or valgrind.
+        Assembles a shell command used in running tests under gdb, lldb, or valgrind.
 
         EXAMPLES::
 
@@ -1154,7 +1155,7 @@ def _assemble_cmd(self):
         cmd = "sage-runtests --serial "
         opt = dict_difference(self.options.__dict__, DocTestDefaults().__dict__)
         if "all" in opt:
-            raise ValueError("You cannot run gdb/valgrind on the whole sage library")
+            raise ValueError("You cannot run gdb/lldb/valgrind on the whole sage library")
         for o in ("all", "long", "force_lib", "verbose", "failed", "new"):
             if o in opt:
                 cmd += "--%s "%o
@@ -1167,7 +1168,7 @@ def _assemble_cmd(self):
 
     def run_val_gdb(self, testing=False):
         """
-        Spawns a subprocess to run tests under the control of gdb or valgrind.
+        Spawns a subprocess to run tests under the control of gdb, lldb, or valgrind.
 
         INPUT:
 
@@ -1205,6 +1206,10 @@ def run_val_gdb(self, testing=False):
             flags = ""
             if opt.logfile:
                 sage_cmd += f" --logfile {shlex.quote(opt.logfile)}"
+        elif opt.lldb:
+            sage_cmd = sage_cmd.replace('sage-runtests', '$(command -v sage-runtests)')
+            cmd = f'''exec lldb --one-line "process launch" --one-line "cont" -- {sys.executable} '''
+            flags = ""
         else:
             if opt.logfile is None:
                 default_log = os.path.join(DOT_SAGE, "valgrind")
@@ -1325,7 +1330,7 @@ def run(self):
 
         """
         opt = self.options
-        L = (opt.gdb, opt.valgrind, opt.massif, opt.cachegrind, opt.omega)
+        L = (opt.gdb, opt.lldb, opt.valgrind, opt.massif, opt.cachegrind, opt.omega)
         if any(L):
             if L.count(True) > 1:
                 self.log("You may only specify one of gdb, valgrind/memcheck, massif, cachegrind, omega")