LLDB does not appear to be reading my .lldbinit file on startup

Question

I have a file ~/.lldbinit with a single alias:

command alias pi print (int)

But when I run my app from Xcode, the alias does not work. How

Answer 1

I created a .llbdbinit file just like you and reproduced your problem in my copy of Xcode 4.1. I can't get aliases to work either.

Since ~/.lldbinit is documented by Apple as supposedly being read when started up, I suspect that lldbinit file reading is currently busted in shipping versions of Xcode 4. Not sure what pre-release versions are doing, but I'd recommend filing a bug at bugreporter.apple.com.

p.s.

One thing I noticed on one blog (here; look in the "differences between OSX & iOS" section) is that lldb only works for MacOS and NOT for iOS, at least as of a bunch of months ago.