dispatch_async doesn't work in debugger

Originator:numist
Number:rdar://12578656 Date Originated:25-Oct-2012 05:18 PM
Status:Open Resolved:
Product:Developer Tools Product Version:Xcode Version 4.5.1 (4G1004)/LLDB-167.4
Classification:UI/Usability Reproducible:Always
 
Summary:
Dispatching onto a queue (say you're using a serial queue to mutex critical operations) doesn't work in the debugger.

Steps to Reproduce:
(lldb) p (void)dispatch_async(_dispatch_main_q, ^{[[[[Foo alloc]init]autorelease] method]})

Expected Results:
<no result>

Actual Results:
error: expected ';' after expression
error: no known method '-method'; cast the message send to the method's return type
error: blocks support disabled - compile with -fblocks or pick a deployment target that supports them
error: 3 errors parsing expression

Regression:
No

Notes:
That error message is confusing as hell, and I only tried this while trying to work around rdar://12578642

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