/// <summary>
/// Evaluates an LLDB expression. It decides which expression evaluation method to use
/// (e.g. LLDB, lldb-eval, path expression, etc.) depending on the Stadia SDK settings and
/// the input |expression|. It doesn't support format specifiers, only expressions that
/// can be directly evaluated in the LLDB environment.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="expression">The expression to be evaluated.</param>
/// <param name="variable">The evaluation context.</param>
/// <param name="natvisScope">The Natvis tokens to be resolved before evaluation.</param>
/// <param name="displayName">The display name given to the result. If null the underlying
/// debugger's context specific name is used.</param>
/// <returns>The expression result.</returns>
async Task <IVariableInformation> EvaluateLldbExpressionAsync(VsExpression expression,
IVariableInformation variable,
NatvisScope natvisScope,
string displayName)
{
ExpressionEvaluationStrategy strategy = _extensionOptions.ExpressionEvaluationStrategy;
var stepsRecorder = new ExpressionEvaluationRecorder.StepsRecorder(_timeSource);
long startTimestampUs = _timeSource.GetTimestampUs();
IVariableInformation variableInformation =
await EvaluateLldbExpressionWithMetricsAsync(
expression, variable, natvisScope, displayName, strategy, stepsRecorder);
// Evaluating a context variable will just return the reference to it. Because of
// deferred evaluation of display values, some values could be incorrectly displayed
// (in the case a context variable was changed in between two expression evaluations).
// In order to prevent this, we create a copy of result if the expression was simply
// a context variable.
if (natvisScope.IsContextVariable(expression.Value))
{
variableInformation = variableInformation.Clone(expression.FormatSpecifier);
}
long endTimestampUs = _timeSource.GetTimestampUs();
_expressionEvaluationRecorder.Record(strategy, ExpressionEvaluationContext.VALUE,
stepsRecorder, startTimestampUs, endTimestampUs,
variable.Id);
return(variableInformation);
}
