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Allow LLDB repl to properly handle redefinition of expressions. #1340
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Currently, lldb's REPL mode does not work well with extensions. Specifically, we cannot redefine an extension. Consider the following LLDB repl session:
As you can see redefining a function in an extension causes an ambiguous use diagnostic. This PR uses the additional hooks declared in swiftlang/swift#23031 to deal with redefinition of extensions.
See the discussion on the swift forum for more context.