Native Debugging for OCaml Binaries, written by AI
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A small LLDB Python plug-in reads OCaml values at runtime and prints them in a readable form: lists, tuples, closures, strings, etc. It follows DWARF location lists to track where each variable lives and uses the runtime headers to decode them. The `p` and `ocaml_vars` commands work like normal LLDB commands but understand OCaml values.
It’s not complete yet (records and variants still show as tuples), but it makes debugging native OCaml code straightforward. You can finally set breakpoints by source, inspect locals, and understand what’s in memory without switching to disassembly.
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