Make sure Target::EvaluateExpression() passes up an error instead of … #5450
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…silently dropping it.
When UserExpression::Evaluate() fails and doesn't return a ValueObject there is no vehicle for returning the error in the return value.
This behavior can be observed by applying the following patch:
diff --git a/lldb/source/Target/Target.cpp b/lldb/source/Target/Target.cpp index f1a311b7252c..58c03ccdb068 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Target/Target.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Target/Target.cpp
@@ -2370,6 +2370,7 @@ UserExpression *Target::GetUserExpressionForLanguage(
Expression::ResultType desired_type,
const EvaluateExpressionOptions &options, ValueObject *ctx_obj,
Status &error) {
and then running
$ lldb -o "p 1"
(lldb) p 1
(lldb)
This patch fixes this by creating an empty result ValueObject that wraps the error.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D135998
(cherry picked from commit a31a5da)