microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools

Add LLDB and MIEngine hardware breakpoint support

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Description

Feature Request

From https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cpptools/issues/1410, I gathered that data breakpoint support currently works for GDB, but not LLDB or MI. It would be great to support hardware/data breakpoints with LLDB/MI as well.

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First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reading the related vscode-cpptools issue 1410 and comparing the existing GDB data-breakpoint behavior with LLDB and MIEngine support. Done means hardware/data breakpoints work through both LLDB and MI, with behavior matching the current GDB support.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
devtools
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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