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Re: [PATCH] Add support for gdb.PYTHONDIR as $gdb_datadir/python.

From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
To: Doug Evans <dje at google dot com>
Cc: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>, gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:05:38 -0600
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add support for gdb.PYTHONDIR as $gdb_datadir/python.
References: <1277403507-29213-1-git-send-email-brobecker@adacore.com> <AANLkTin1M1bztznU1eO6T3aArN4IL70ZFYrwzAyVIph_@mail.gmail.com>
Reply-to: tromey at redhat dot com

>>>>> "Doug" == Doug Evans <dje@google.com> writes:

Doug> The execfile of __init__.py feels odd.  I haven't seen it done
Doug> elsewhere and I wonder if it's needed.
Doug> [I know python has __init__.py, I just don't know if we have to
Doug> *explicitly* exec it.]

Normally, no, but in this case we do because the "gdb" module is created
in C code, not via an import.

Tom

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