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ddunbar / xcbuild-debugging-tricks.md
Last active May 7, 2025 03:45
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>]
@inamiy
inamiy / SwiftElmFrameworkList.md
Last active March 11, 2024 10:20
React & Elm inspired frameworks in Swift
"""
Prerequisites:
$ pip install biplist
$ pip install requests
Usage:
python dsym_symbolizer.py --dsym_url https://www.example.com/MyStuff.framework.dSYM.zip \
--source_path /Users/MeMySelfAndI/MyStuffSources \
--binary_path /Users/MeMySelfAndI/MyProject/Pods/MyStuff/MyStuff.framework
"""
@steipete
steipete / Warnings.xcconfig
Last active March 13, 2018 14:47
Did you knew that Clang Analyzer as alpha checkers? Early Christmas is here! (Ignore the rest... we run our PDF SDK https://pspdfkit.com with -Weverything because warnings are awesome to prevent bugs) - See https://gist.github.com/steipete/28849365e603dc2015c7107d85142e7b/revisions for a list of Xcode 8.3 changes
// clang -cc1 -analyzer-checker-help
// OVERVIEW: Clang Static Analyzer Checkers List
// USAGE: -analyzer-checker <CHECKER or PACKAGE,...>
//
// CHECKERS:
// alpha.core.BoolAssignment Warn about assigning non-{0,1} values to Boolean variables
// alpha.core.CallAndMessageUnInitRefArg
// Check for logical errors for function calls and Objective-C message expressions (e.g., uninitialized arguments, null function pointers, and pointer to undefined variables)
// alpha.core.CastSize Check when casting a malloc'ed type T, whether the size is a multiple of the size of T
// alpha.core.CastToStruct Check for cast from non-struct pointer to struct pointer
@steipete
steipete / gist:4d7550244ef31b5c5c0cabf11a1dd191
Last active February 17, 2017 10:13
Apple DTS setting ASAN_OPTIONS for XCTest (Follow-up: 646910755). rdar://28103342 see http://openradar.appspot.com/28103342
PLATFORM AND VERSION
iOS
Xcode 8b6
DESCRIPTION OF PROBLEM
I'm trying to customize ASAN_OPTIONS based on
https://github.com/google/sanitizers/wiki/AddressSanitizer
Specifically, I am trying to run without the new odr detection because this seems to be buggy:
@andymatuschak
andymatuschak / States-v3.md
Last active May 12, 2025 06:11
A composable pattern for pure state machines with effects (draft v3)

A composable pattern for pure state machines with effects

State machines are everywhere in interactive systems, but they're rarely defined clearly and explicitly. Given some big blob of code including implicit state machines, which transitions are possible and under what conditions? What effects take place on what transitions?

There are existing design patterns for state machines, but all the patterns I've seen complect side effects with the structure of the state machine itself. Instances of these patterns are difficult to test without mocking, and they end up with more dependencies. Worse, the classic patterns compose poorly: hierarchical state machines are typically not straightforward extensions. The functional programming world has solutions, but they don't transpose neatly enough to be broadly usable in mainstream languages.

Here I present a composable pattern for pure state machiness with effects,

@steipete
steipete / ios-xcode-device-support.sh
Last active May 11, 2025 13:30
Using iOS 15 devices with Xcode 12.5 (instead of Xcode 13)
# The trick is to link the DeviceSupport folder from the beta to the stable version.
# sudo needed if you run the Mac App Store version. Always download the dmg instead... you'll thank me later :)
# Support iOS 15 devices (Xcode 13.0) with Xcode 12.5:
sudo ln -s /Applications/Xcode-beta.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/DeviceSupport/15.0 /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/iPhoneOS.platform/DeviceSupport
# Then restart Xcode and reconnect your devices. You will need to do that for every beta of future iOS versions
# (A similar approach works for older versions too, just change the version number after DeviceSupport)
@Catfish-Man
Catfish-Man / sethack.m
Created March 11, 2016 06:21
Demonstrating the trick of using stack-allocated mimics and sets for lookup tables instead of heap allocated keys and dictionaries
// Compile with clang -framework Foundation sethack.m
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
#import <objc/runtime.h>
/*
CFHashBytes from http://www.opensource.apple.com/source/CF/CF-1153.18/CFUtilities.c
*/
#define ELF_STEP(B) T1 = (H << 4) + B; T2 = T1 & 0xF0000000; if (T2) T1 ^= (T2 >> 24); T1 &= (~T2); H = T1;
You can specify the underlying name for a C function the linker/compiler should actually use. If you use an existing
function's name, it will just let you refer to it with your prototype's name. If you define the function, it'll give
it that name. It even complains if a function of that name already exists. Tested with clang on a Mac, but AFAIK also
works in GCC. You can even use special characters in your function names, like you can do in assembly.