Report back errors in GetNumChildren() (llvm#84265)

This is a proof-of-concept patch that illustrates how to use the
Expected return values to surface rich error messages all the way up
to the ValueObjectPrinter.

This is the final patch in the series that includes
llvm#83501 and
llvm#84219

Author: adrian-prantl

lldb/include/lldb/DataFormatters/ValueObjectPrinter.h

@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class ValueObjectPrinter {
   void PrintChild(lldb::ValueObjectSP child_sp,
                   const DumpValueObjectOptions::PointerDepth &curr_ptr_depth);
 
-  uint32_t GetMaxNumChildrenToPrint(bool &print_dotdotdot);
+  llvm::Expected<uint32_t> GetMaxNumChildrenToPrint(bool &print_dotdotdot);
 
   void
   PrintChildren(bool value_printed, bool summary_printed,

lldb/source/Core/ValueObjectVariable.cpp

@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ ValueObjectVariable::CalculateNumChildren(uint32_t max) {
   CompilerType type(GetCompilerType());
 
   if (!type.IsValid())
-    return 0;
+    return llvm::make_error<llvm::StringError>("invalid type",
+                                               llvm::inconvertibleErrorCode());
 
   ExecutionContext exe_ctx(GetExecutionContextRef());
   const bool omit_empty_base_classes = true;

lldb/source/DataFormatters/ValueObjectPrinter.cpp

@@ -621,13 +621,17 @@ void ValueObjectPrinter::PrintChild(
   }
 }
 
-uint32_t ValueObjectPrinter::GetMaxNumChildrenToPrint(bool &print_dotdotdot) {
+llvm::Expected<uint32_t>
+ValueObjectPrinter::GetMaxNumChildrenToPrint(bool &print_dotdotdot) {
   ValueObject &synth_valobj = GetValueObjectForChildrenGeneration();
 
   if (m_options.m_pointer_as_array)
     return m_options.m_pointer_as_array.m_element_count;
 
-  uint32_t num_children = synth_valobj.GetNumChildrenIgnoringErrors();
+  auto num_children_or_err = synth_valobj.GetNumChildren();
+  if (!num_children_or_err)
+    return num_children_or_err;
+  uint32_t num_children = *num_children_or_err;
   print_dotdotdot = false;
   if (num_children) {
     const size_t max_num_children = GetMostSpecializedValue()
@@ -704,7 +708,12 @@ void ValueObjectPrinter::PrintChildren(
   ValueObject &synth_valobj = GetValueObjectForChildrenGeneration();
 
   bool print_dotdotdot = false;
-  size_t num_children = GetMaxNumChildrenToPrint(print_dotdotdot);
+  auto num_children_or_err = GetMaxNumChildrenToPrint(print_dotdotdot);
+  if (!num_children_or_err) {
+    *m_stream << " <" << llvm::toString(num_children_or_err.takeError()) << '>';
+    return;
+  }
+  uint32_t num_children = *num_children_or_err;
   if (num_children) {
     bool any_children_printed = false;
 
@@ -753,7 +762,12 @@ bool ValueObjectPrinter::PrintChildrenOneLiner(bool hide_names) {
   ValueObject &synth_valobj = GetValueObjectForChildrenGeneration();
 
   bool print_dotdotdot = false;
-  size_t num_children = GetMaxNumChildrenToPrint(print_dotdotdot);
+  auto num_children_or_err = GetMaxNumChildrenToPrint(print_dotdotdot);
+  if (!num_children_or_err) {
+    *m_stream << '<' << llvm::toString(num_children_or_err.takeError()) << '>';
+    return true;
+  }
+  uint32_t num_children = *num_children_or_err;
 
   if (num_children) {
     m_stream->PutChar('(');

lldb/source/Plugins/TypeSystem/Clang/TypeSystemClang.cpp

@@ -5268,7 +5268,8 @@ TypeSystemClang::GetNumChildren(lldb::opaque_compiler_type_t type,
                                 bool omit_empty_base_classes,
                                 const ExecutionContext *exe_ctx) {
   if (!type)
-    return 0;
+    return llvm::make_error<llvm::StringError>("invalid clang type",
+                                               llvm::inconvertibleErrorCode());
 
   uint32_t num_children = 0;
   clang::QualType qual_type(RemoveWrappingTypes(GetQualType(type)));
@@ -5325,9 +5326,11 @@ TypeSystemClang::GetNumChildren(lldb::opaque_compiler_type_t type,
       }
       num_children += std::distance(record_decl->field_begin(),
                                record_decl->field_end());
-    }
+    } else
+      return llvm::make_error<llvm::StringError>(
+          "incomplete type \"" + GetDisplayTypeName(type).GetString() + "\"",
+          llvm::inconvertibleErrorCode());
     break;
-
   case clang::Type::ObjCObject:
   case clang::Type::ObjCInterface:
     if (GetCompleteQualType(&getASTContext(), qual_type)) {

lldb/source/Symbol/CompilerType.cpp

@@ -777,7 +777,8 @@ CompilerType::GetNumChildren(bool omit_empty_base_classes,
     if (auto type_system_sp = GetTypeSystem())
       return type_system_sp->GetNumChildren(m_type, omit_empty_base_classes,
                                        exe_ctx);
-  return 0;
+  return llvm::make_error<llvm::StringError>("invalid type",
+                                             llvm::inconvertibleErrorCode());
 }
 
 lldb::BasicType CompilerType::GetBasicTypeEnumeration() const {

lldb/test/API/functionalities/valobj_errors/Makefile

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+C_SOURCES := main.c
+LD_EXTRAS = hidden.o
+
+a.out: hidden.o
+
+hidden.o: hidden.c
+	$(CC) -g0 -c -o $@ $<
+
+include Makefile.rules

lldb/test/API/functionalities/valobj_errors/TestValueObjectErrors.py

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import lldb
+from lldbsuite.test.decorators import *
+from lldbsuite.test.lldbtest import *
+from lldbsuite.test import lldbutil
+
+
+class ValueObjectErrorsTestCase(TestBase):
+    def test(self):
+        """Test that the error message for a missing type
+        is visible when printing an object"""
+        self.build()
+        lldbutil.run_to_source_breakpoint(self, "break here",
+                                          lldb.SBFileSpec('main.c'))
+        self.expect('v -ptr-depth 1 x', substrs=['<incomplete type "Opaque">'])

lldb/test/API/functionalities/valobj_errors/hidden.c

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+struct Opaque {
+  int i, j, k;
+} *global;
+struct Opaque *getOpaque() { return &global; }

lldb/test/API/functionalities/valobj_errors/main.c

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+struct Opaque;
+struct Opaque *getOpaque();
+void puts(const char *);
+
+int main() {
+  struct Opaque *x = getOpaque();
+  puts("break here\n");
+  return (int)x;
+}

lldb/test/Shell/SymbolFile/DWARF/x86/DW_AT_declaration-with-children.s

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 target var a
 # CHECK-LABEL: target var a
 # FIXME: This should also produce some kind of an error.
-# CHECK: (A) a = {}
+# CHECK: (A) a = <incomplete type "A">
 expr a
 # CHECK-LABEL: expr a
 # CHECK: incomplete type 'A' where a complete type is required

lldb/test/Shell/SymbolFile/DWARF/x86/debug-types-missing-signature.test

@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ RUN: not %lldb %t -b -o "expression (EC) 1" 2>&1 | FileCheck --check-prefix=PRIN
 PRINTEC: use of undeclared identifier 'EC'
 
 RUN: %lldb %t -b -o "target variable a e ec" | FileCheck --check-prefix=VARS %s
-VARS: (const (unnamed struct)) a = {}
+VARS: (const (unnamed struct)) a = <incomplete type "const (unnamed struct)">
 VARS: (const (unnamed enum)) e = 0x1
 VARS: (const (unnamed enum)) ec = 0x1