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Re: How to implement GDB MI command in Python?
- From: Phil Muldoon <pmuldoon at redhat dot com>
- To: Raphael Zulliger <zulliger at indel dot ch>, gdb at sourceware dot org
- Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 08:35:48 +0100
- Subject: Re: How to implement GDB MI command in Python?
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On 14/04/14 07:24, Raphael Zulliger wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm using Python to extend GDB by new commands. This works fine. Now I'd like to call these commands from within Eclipse/CDT. Because GDB supports CLI command in MI-mode, I can call my Python functions by CLI. BUT It would be better, IMHO, to use MI commands, especially for GDB/Python commands that return status information and errors.
>
> According to my research, it's not possible to create MI commands by Python. My questions:
> - Is this correct?
Yes.
> - If it's correct: Why is that the case? Has it simply not been implemented or are there technical issues/limitations?
>
Just not done (yet). There have been various discussions on this list
about it. There are some technical issues which you need to
consider. I won't recap them here, they are pretty well laid out in
the archives. So something to think about if you wanted to take a
stab at it.
Cheers
Phil