Natvis equivalent debugging helpers for LLDB

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Feature
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csharp, python
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developer-experience, devtools

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Review the existing natvis visualizers for strings and arrays, then study Mono's data/lldb/mono.py as a reference for LLDB integration. Define the equivalent Python debugging helpers and verify that strings and arrays receive the intended nicer presentation in LLDB.

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We ship natvis visualizers for strings/arrays on Windows so they look nicer in debuggers.

We should investigate making a Python script to do the same on LLDB.

Mono has https://github.com/mono/mono/blob/0f53e9e151d92944cacab3e24ac359410c606df6/data/lldb/mono.py.

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