How to not step into shared_ptr in xcode

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Similar to this question: How can I avoid debugging into Boost source code in Visual Studio?

But how can I do it in Xcode?

Thanks, Jim

Good question, and I would love to know the answer! I have added the lldb tag, because that is the debugger used by recent Xcode versions. — Martin R, Mar 21 '13 at 21:52
I'm guessing that the debugger steps in to these because they're inlined. Anyone think that's a good guess? — morgancodes, Mar 27 '13 at 15:44

score 17 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 22 '13 at 00:39

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The key is the lldb setting target.process.thread.step-avoid-regexp. On my Mac, this had the default value ^std::. You might want to check it on your setup by entering lldb and typing settings show target.process.thread.step-avoid-regexp. Anyway, what you can do is edit ~/.lldbinit, creating it if it does not yet exist, and add a line like

settings set target.process.thread.step-avoid-regexp ^(std::|boost::shared_ptr)

This keeps the previous behavior of not stepping into std:: stuff, and also does not step into shared_ptr.

answered Mar 22 '13 at 00:39

JWWalker

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Great. Thanks. Not much of a mac user, so I'll try to figure out how to do this. – Tavison Mar 22 '13 at 18:28
You saved the day – felipecrv Mar 23 '17 at 16:35
Where do I place ```.lldbinit``` on Windows? – T. J. Evers Jul 17 '20 at 07:16
@T.J.Evers, are you sure you're using lldb on Windows? It's not even fully implemented on Windows yet. – JWWalker Jul 17 '20 at 16:11

How to not step into shared_ptr in xcode

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