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@@ -49,14 +49,17 @@ class SyntheticChildrenFrontEnd {
 
   virtual size_t GetIndexOfChildWithName(ConstString name) = 0;
 
-  // this function is assumed to always succeed and it if fails, the front-end
-  // should know to deal with it in the correct way (most probably, by refusing
-  // to return any children) the return value of Update() should actually be
-  // interpreted as "ValueObjectSyntheticFilter cache is good/bad" if =true,
-  // ValueObjectSyntheticFilter is allowed to use the children it fetched
-  // previously and cached if =false, ValueObjectSyntheticFilter must throw
-  // away its cache, and query again for children
-  virtual bool Update() = 0;
+  enum class CacheState { Invalid, Valid };
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Michael137 wrote:

> We need to make sure enum values are 0 and 1 since the python synthetic stuff 
> will return True or False still. It might be nice to move this enum into 
> lldb-enumerations.h so that python can use it in future synthetic child 
> providers, or people can update their synthetic python plugins to use the 
> enum to be more readable.

Will do, thanks!

> do we want to be more clear about what these do and specify they are for 
> children?

I don't mind these names, though new readers might have trouble understanding 
(and might be harder to remember which one to use). But being more precise is 
probably better.

https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/80167
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