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@Nerixyz Nerixyz commented Jul 13, 2025

Adds synthetic children for MSVC STL's std::tuple. A tuple is a chain of base classes:

template <>
class tuple<> {};

template <class _This, class... _Rest>
class tuple<_This, _Rest...> : private tuple<_Rest...> {
  _Tuple_val<_This> _Myfirst;
};

So the provider walks the base classes to the desired one.

The implementation makes it hard to detect if the empty tuple is from this STL. Fortunately, libstdc++'s synthetic children provider works for empty MSVC STL tuples as well.

Towards #24834.

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llvmbot commented Jul 13, 2025

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Author: nerix (Nerixyz)

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Adds synthetic children for MSVC STL's std::tuple. A tuple is a chain of base classes:

template &lt;&gt;
class tuple&lt;&gt; {};

template &lt;class _This, class... _Rest&gt;
class tuple&lt;_This, _Rest...&gt; : private tuple&lt;_Rest...&gt; {
  _Tuple_val&lt;_This&gt; _Myfirst;
};

So the provider walks the base classes to the desired one.

The implementation makes it hard to detect if the empty tuple is from this STL. Fortunately, libstdc++'s synthetic children provider works for empty MSVC STL tuples as well.

Towards #24834.


Full diff: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/148548.diff

6 Files Affected:

  • (modified) lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/CMakeLists.txt (+1)
  • (modified) lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/CPlusPlusLanguage.cpp (+20-9)
  • (modified) lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/MsvcStl.h (+5)
  • (added) lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/MsvcStlTuple.cpp (+105)
  • (modified) lldb/test/API/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-stl/generic/tuple/TestDataFormatterStdTuple.py (+6)
  • (modified) lldb/test/API/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-stl/generic/tuple/main.cpp (+1)
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/CMakeLists.txt b/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/CMakeLists.txt
index 296159ea28407..ea86b6b4327be 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ add_lldb_library(lldbPluginCPlusPlusLanguage PLUGIN
   LibStdcppUniquePointer.cpp
   MsvcStl.cpp
   MsvcStlSmartPointer.cpp
+  MsvcStlTuple.cpp
   MSVCUndecoratedNameParser.cpp
 
   LINK_COMPONENTS
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/CPlusPlusLanguage.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/CPlusPlusLanguage.cpp
index 2db3e6f0ca315..3ff95aafb8c52 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/CPlusPlusLanguage.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/CPlusPlusLanguage.cpp
@@ -1507,10 +1507,6 @@ static void LoadLibStdcppFormatters(lldb::TypeCategoryImplSP cpp_category_sp) {
                 "^std::((__debug::)?|(__cxx11::)?)list<.+>(( )?&)?$",
                 stl_summary_flags, true);
 
-  AddCXXSummary(cpp_category_sp, ContainerSizeSummaryProvider,
-                "libstdc++ std::tuple summary provider",
-                "^std::tuple<.*>(( )?&)?$", stl_summary_flags, true);
-
   cpp_category_sp->AddTypeSummary(
       "^std::((__debug::)?|(__cxx11::)?)forward_list<.+>(( )?&)?$",
       eFormatterMatchRegex,
@@ -1540,11 +1536,6 @@ static void LoadLibStdcppFormatters(lldb::TypeCategoryImplSP cpp_category_sp) {
       lldb_private::formatters::LibStdcppUniquePtrSyntheticFrontEndCreator,
       "std::unique_ptr synthetic children", "^std::unique_ptr<.+>(( )?&)?$",
       stl_synth_flags, true);
-  AddCXXSynthetic(
-      cpp_category_sp,
-      lldb_private::formatters::LibStdcppTupleSyntheticFrontEndCreator,
-      "std::tuple synthetic children", "^std::tuple<.*>(( )?&)?$",
-      stl_synth_flags, true);
 
   static constexpr const char *const libstdcpp_std_coroutine_handle_regex =
       "^std::coroutine_handle<.+>(( )?&)?$";
@@ -1599,6 +1590,17 @@ GenericSmartPointerSummaryProvider(ValueObject &valobj, Stream &stream,
   return LibStdcppSmartPointerSummaryProvider(valobj, stream, options);
 }
 
+static lldb_private::SyntheticChildrenFrontEnd *
+GenericTupleSyntheticFrontEndCreator(CXXSyntheticChildren *children,
+                                     lldb::ValueObjectSP valobj_sp) {
+  if (!valobj_sp)
+    return nullptr;
+
+  if (IsMsvcStlTuple(*valobj_sp))
+    return MsvcStlTupleSyntheticFrontEndCreator(children, valobj_sp);
+  return LibStdcppTupleSyntheticFrontEndCreator(children, valobj_sp);
+}
+
 /// Load formatters that are formatting types from more than one STL
 static void LoadCommonStlFormatters(lldb::TypeCategoryImplSP cpp_category_sp) {
   if (!cpp_category_sp)
@@ -1648,6 +1650,12 @@ static void LoadCommonStlFormatters(lldb::TypeCategoryImplSP cpp_category_sp) {
   AddCXXSynthetic(cpp_category_sp, GenericSmartPointerSyntheticFrontEndCreator,
                   "std::weak_ptr synthetic children",
                   "^std::weak_ptr<.+>(( )?&)?$", stl_synth_flags, true);
+  AddCXXSynthetic(cpp_category_sp, GenericTupleSyntheticFrontEndCreator,
+                  "std::tuple synthetic children", "^std::tuple<.*>(( )?&)?$",
+                  stl_synth_flags, true);
+
+  stl_summary_flags.SetDontShowChildren(false);
+  stl_summary_flags.SetSkipPointers(false);
 
   AddCXXSummary(cpp_category_sp, GenericSmartPointerSummaryProvider,
                 "MSVC STL/libstdc++ std::shared_ptr summary provider",
@@ -1655,6 +1663,9 @@ static void LoadCommonStlFormatters(lldb::TypeCategoryImplSP cpp_category_sp) {
   AddCXXSummary(cpp_category_sp, GenericSmartPointerSummaryProvider,
                 "MSVC STL/libstdc++ std::weak_ptr summary provider",
                 "^std::weak_ptr<.+>(( )?&)?$", stl_summary_flags, true);
+  AddCXXSummary(cpp_category_sp, ContainerSizeSummaryProvider,
+                "MSVC STL/libstdc++ std::tuple summary provider",
+                "^std::tuple<.*>(( )?&)?$", stl_summary_flags, true);
 }
 
 static void LoadMsvcStlFormatters(lldb::TypeCategoryImplSP cpp_category_sp) {
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/MsvcStl.h b/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/MsvcStl.h
index edf3f4e8a5387..c66ddf73f3129 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/MsvcStl.h
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/MsvcStl.h
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ bool MsvcStlSmartPointerSummaryProvider(ValueObject &valobj, Stream &stream,
 lldb_private::SyntheticChildrenFrontEnd *
 MsvcStlSmartPointerSyntheticFrontEndCreator(lldb::ValueObjectSP valobj_sp);
 
+bool IsMsvcStlTuple(ValueObject &valobj);
+SyntheticChildrenFrontEnd *
+MsvcStlTupleSyntheticFrontEndCreator(CXXSyntheticChildren *,
+                                     lldb::ValueObjectSP valobj_sp);
+
 } // namespace formatters
 } // namespace lldb_private
 
diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/MsvcStlTuple.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/MsvcStlTuple.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fe20b4c141a65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Language/CPlusPlus/MsvcStlTuple.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+//===-- MsvcStlTuple.cpp --------------------------------------------------===//
+//
+// Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
+// See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
+//
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+
+#include "MsvcStl.h"
+#include "lldb/DataFormatters/FormattersHelpers.h"
+
+using namespace lldb;
+using namespace lldb_private;
+
+namespace {
+
+class TupleFrontEnd : public SyntheticChildrenFrontEnd {
+public:
+  TupleFrontEnd(ValueObject &valobj) : SyntheticChildrenFrontEnd(valobj) {
+    Update();
+  }
+
+  llvm::Expected<size_t> GetIndexOfChildWithName(ConstString name) override {
+    auto optional_idx = formatters::ExtractIndexFromString(name.GetCString());
+    if (!optional_idx) {
+      return llvm::createStringError("Type has no child named '%s'",
+                                     name.AsCString());
+    }
+    return *optional_idx;
+  }
+
+  lldb::ChildCacheState Update() override;
+  llvm::Expected<uint32_t> CalculateNumChildren() override {
+    return m_elements.size();
+  }
+  ValueObjectSP GetChildAtIndex(uint32_t idx) override;
+
+private:
+  // The lifetime of a ValueObject and all its derivative ValueObjects
+  // (children, clones, etc.) is managed by a ClusterManager. These
+  // objects are only destroyed when every shared pointer to any of them
+  // is destroyed, so we must not store a shared pointer to any ValueObject
+  // derived from our backend ValueObject (since we're in the same cluster).
+  std::vector<ValueObject *> m_elements;
+};
+
+} // namespace
+
+lldb::ChildCacheState TupleFrontEnd::Update() {
+  m_elements.clear();
+
+  size_t n_elements = 0;
+  for (CompilerType ty = m_backend.GetCompilerType();
+       ty.GetNumDirectBaseClasses() > 0;
+       ty = ty.GetDirectBaseClassAtIndex(0, nullptr))
+    ++n_elements;
+
+  m_elements.assign(n_elements, nullptr);
+  return lldb::ChildCacheState::eRefetch;
+}
+
+ValueObjectSP TupleFrontEnd::GetChildAtIndex(uint32_t idx) {
+  if (idx >= m_elements.size())
+    return nullptr;
+  if (m_elements[idx])
+    return m_elements[idx]->GetSP();
+
+  CompilerType holder_ty = m_backend.GetCompilerType();
+  for (uint32_t i = 0; i < idx; i++) {
+    holder_ty = holder_ty.GetDirectBaseClassAtIndex(0, nullptr);
+    if (!holder_ty.IsValid())
+      return nullptr;
+  }
+
+  ValueObjectSP holder_sp = m_backend.Cast(holder_ty);
+  if (!holder_sp)
+    return nullptr;
+  holder_sp = holder_sp->GetChildMemberWithName("_Myfirst");
+
+  if (!holder_sp)
+    return nullptr;
+
+  ValueObjectSP val_sp = holder_sp->GetChildMemberWithName("_Val");
+  if (!val_sp)
+    return nullptr;
+
+  m_elements[idx] =
+      val_sp->Clone(ConstString(llvm::formatv("[{0}]", idx).str())).get();
+  return m_elements[idx]->GetSP();
+}
+
+bool formatters::IsMsvcStlTuple(ValueObject &valobj) {
+  // This returns false for empty tuples, but the libstdc++ formatter handles
+  // this correctly.
+  if (auto valobj_sp = valobj.GetNonSyntheticValue())
+    return valobj_sp->GetChildMemberWithName("_Myfirst") != nullptr;
+  return false;
+}
+
+SyntheticChildrenFrontEnd *formatters::MsvcStlTupleSyntheticFrontEndCreator(
+    CXXSyntheticChildren *, lldb::ValueObjectSP valobj_sp) {
+  if (valobj_sp)
+    return new TupleFrontEnd(*valobj_sp);
+  return nullptr;
+}
diff --git a/lldb/test/API/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-stl/generic/tuple/TestDataFormatterStdTuple.py b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-stl/generic/tuple/TestDataFormatterStdTuple.py
index ade502e12b928..b23d549fe4c18 100644
--- a/lldb/test/API/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-stl/generic/tuple/TestDataFormatterStdTuple.py
+++ b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-stl/generic/tuple/TestDataFormatterStdTuple.py
@@ -74,3 +74,9 @@ def test_libcxx(self):
     def test_libstdcxx(self):
         self.build(dictionary={"USE_LIBSTDCPP": 1})
         self.do_test()
+
+    @add_test_categories(["msvcstl"])
+    def test_msvcstl(self):
+        # No flags, because the "msvcstl" category checks that the MSVC STL is used by default.
+        self.build()
+        self.do_test()
diff --git a/lldb/test/API/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-stl/generic/tuple/main.cpp b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-stl/generic/tuple/main.cpp
index d49dbe8a5f1af..53d0a4efd3865 100644
--- a/lldb/test/API/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-stl/generic/tuple/main.cpp
+++ b/lldb/test/API/functionalities/data-formatter/data-formatter-stl/generic/tuple/main.cpp
@@ -6,5 +6,6 @@ int main() {
   std::tuple<int> one_elt{47};
   std::tuple<std::string> string_elt{"foobar"};
   std::tuple<int, long, std::string> three_elts{1, 47l, "foo"};
+  auto *foo = &empty; // needed with MSVC STL to keep the variable
   return 0; // break here
 }

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The implementation makes it hard to detect if the empty tuple is from this STL. Fortunately, libstdc++'s synthetic children provider works for empty MSVC STL tuples as well.

This is why i wish we had something definitive in debug-info to tell us what STL a compile-unit was compiled against. I pinged @ldionne about this separately.

@Nerixyz Nerixyz force-pushed the feat/lldb-ms-tuple branch from df31ab8 to d8983cb Compare July 14, 2025 17:03
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✅ With the latest revision this PR passed the C/C++ code formatter.

@Nerixyz Nerixyz force-pushed the feat/lldb-ms-tuple branch from d8983cb to 90ff1a3 Compare July 14, 2025 17:19
@Nerixyz Nerixyz force-pushed the feat/lldb-ms-tuple branch from 90ff1a3 to 9950cdb Compare July 15, 2025 13:03
@Michael137 Michael137 merged commit eec98be into llvm:main Jul 15, 2025
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