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+"""
+Test that we can have persistent pointer variables
+"""
+
+import unittest2
+import lldb
+import lldbutil
+from lldbtest import *
+
+class PersistentPtrUpdateTestCase(TestBase):
+
+    mydir = TestBase.compute_mydir(__file__)
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        # Call super's setUp().
+        TestBase.setUp(self)
+
+    @skipUnlessDarwin
+    @dsym_test
+    def test_with_dsym(self):
+        """Test that we can have persistent pointer variables"""
+        self.buildDsym()
+        self.do_my_test()
+
+    @skipUnlessDarwin
+    @dwarf_test
+    def test_with_dwarf(self):
+        """Test that we can have persistent pointer variables"""
+        self.buildDwarf()
+        self.do_my_test()
+
+    def do_my_test(self):
+        def cleanup():
+            pass
+        
+        # Execute the cleanup function during test case tear down.
+        self.addTearDownHook(cleanup)
+
+        self.runCmd("file a.out", CURRENT_EXECUTABLE_SET)
+        
+        self.runCmd('break set -p here')
+
+        self.runCmd("run", RUN_SUCCEEDED)
+        
+        self.runCmd("expr void* $foo = nullptr")
+        
+        self.runCmd("continue")
+        
+        self.expect("expr $foo", substrs=['$foo','0x0'])
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import atexit
+    lldb.SBDebugger.Initialize()
+    atexit.register(lambda: lldb.SBDebugger.Terminate())
+    unittest2.main()