Add comments to InstanceSettings constructors explaining why they have

to be set up the way they are.  Comment out code that removes pending
settings for live instances (after the settings are copied over).

llvm-svn: 113519

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/lldb/source/Target/Process.cpp b/lldb/source/Target/Process.cpp
index 565e78418814..1519e1f01f41 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Target/Process.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Target/Process.cpp
@@ -1974,7 +1974,7 @@ Process::ProcessSettingsController::CreateNewInstanceSettings (const char *insta
 
 ProcessInstanceSettings::ProcessInstanceSettings (UserSettingsController &owner, bool live_instance, 
                                                   const char *name) :
-  InstanceSettings (owner, (name == NULL ? CreateInstanceName().AsCString() : name), live_instance), 
+    InstanceSettings (owner, (name == NULL ? CreateInstanceName().AsCString() : name), live_instance), 
     m_run_args (),
     m_env_vars (),
     m_input_path (),
@@ -1983,11 +1983,15 @@ ProcessInstanceSettings::ProcessInstanceSettings (UserSettingsController &owner,
     m_plugin (),
     m_disable_aslr (true)
 {
-    if (m_instance_name != InstanceSettings::GetDefaultName() && live_instance)
+    // CopyInstanceSettings is a pure virtual function in InstanceSettings; it therefore cannot be called
+    // until the vtables for ProcessInstanceSettings are properly set up, i.e. AFTER all the initializers.
+    // For this reason it has to be called here, rather than in the initializer or in the parent constructor.
+
+    if (live_instance)
     {
         const lldb::InstanceSettingsSP &pending_settings = m_owner.FindPendingSettings (m_instance_name);
         CopyInstanceSettings (pending_settings,false);
-        m_owner.RemovePendingSettings (m_instance_name);
+        //m_owner.RemovePendingSettings (m_instance_name);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/lldb/source/Target/Thread.cpp b/lldb/source/Target/Thread.cpp
index 422257f8ad02..7fa64912a978 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Target/Thread.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Target/Thread.cpp
@@ -970,13 +970,15 @@ ThreadInstanceSettings::ThreadInstanceSettings (UserSettingsController &owner, b
     InstanceSettings (owner, (name == NULL ? CreateInstanceName().AsCString() : name), live_instance), 
     m_avoid_regexp_ap ()
 {
-    // FIXME: This seems like generic code, why was it duplicated (with the slight difference that
-    // DebuggerInstanceSettings checks name, not m_instance_name below) in Process & Debugger?
-    if (m_instance_name != InstanceSettings::GetDefaultName() && live_instance)
+    // CopyInstanceSettings is a pure virtual function in InstanceSettings; it therefore cannot be called
+    // until the vtables for ThreadInstanceSettings are properly set up, i.e. AFTER all the initializers.
+    // For this reason it has to be called here, rather than in the initializer or in the parent constructor.
+
+    if (live_instance)
     {
         const lldb::InstanceSettingsSP &pending_settings = m_owner.FindPendingSettings (m_instance_name);
         CopyInstanceSettings (pending_settings,false);
-        m_owner.RemovePendingSettings (m_instance_name);
+        //m_owner.RemovePendingSettings (m_instance_name);
     }
 }