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Xcode new build system debugging tricks

New Build System Tricks

Command Line

alias xcbuild=$(xcode-select -p)/../SharedFrameworks/XCBuild.framework/Versions/A/Support/xcbuild
# THIS DOESNT WORK YET: xcbuild openIDEConsole  # … then switch to Xcode ➡️
xcbuild showSpecs
xcbuild build <foo.pif> [—target <target>]

Debugging the Swift Toolchain

Use these steps to debug components of the Swift toolchain. This allows you to see Swift's source code from the debugger – instead of disassembly. The debugger can also provide some variable names and values. This has been initially tested with libswiftCore.dylib.

These instructions were updated as of Swift 5.2.1.

Prerequisites