zturner added a comment.

In https://reviews.llvm.org/D54187#1290432, @rnk wrote:

> I hadn't realized that Dexter knew how to drive VS tools. I'll have to go 
> read more and get back to you all.
>
> I think it would be more promising than attempting to come up with a new 
> llgdb.py-like abstraction for cdb. Specifically, abstracting over setting 
> breakpoints and reformatting output is what makes that difficult. Everything 
> can of course be done with enough effort, but especially in testing, it often 
> makes sense to trade off duplication between test cases for ease of use.


Note that WinDbg (specifically) is an important use case, and uses a different 
debug engine than VS.  So Dexter would (at the very least) need to be extended 
to support WinDbg (which has the same debugging engine as cdb).  But I agree 
it's worth trying out and seeing what kind of test cases we can and can't fit 
into it.


https://reviews.llvm.org/D54187



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