[lldb] Add a C language REPL to test LLDB's REPL infrastructure
LLDB has a bunch of code that implements REPL support, but all that code is unreachable as no language in master currently has an implemented REPL backend. The only REPL that exists is in the downstream Swift fork. All patches for this generic REPL code therefore also only have tests downstream which is clearly not a good situation. This patch implements a basic C language REPL on top of LLDB's REPL framework. Beside implementing the REPL interface and hooking it up into the plugin manager, the only other small part of this patch is making the `--language` flag of the expression command compatible with the `--repl` flag. The `--repl` flag uses the value of `--language` to see which REPL should be started, but right now the `--language` flag is only available in OptionGroups 1 and 2, but not in OptionGroup 3 where the `--repl` flag is declared. The REPL currently can currently only start if a running target exists. I'll add the 'create and run a dummy executable' logic from Swift (which is requires when doing `lldb --repl`) when I have time to translate all this logic to something that will work with Clang. I should point out that the REPL currently uses the C expression parser's approach to persistent variables where only result variables and the ones starting with a '$' are transferred between expressions. I'll fix that in a follow up patch. Also the REPL currently doesn't work in a non-interactive terminal. This seems to be fixed in the Swift fork, so I assume one of our many REPL downstream changes addresses the issue. Reviewed By: JDevlieghere Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D87281
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