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[PATCH 1/4] Fix some aspects of python lazy string handling: docs
- From: Doug Evans <dje at google dot com>
- To: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org, eliz at gnu dot org, pmuldoon at redhat dot com
- Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2016 01:12:48 +0000
- Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Fix some aspects of python lazy string handling: docs
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Hi. This patch is a small doc fix to note that arrays can be
turned into lazy strings as well as pointers.
2016-11-06 Doug Evans <dje@google.com>
* guile.texi (Lazy Strings In Guile): Mention arrays.
* python.texi (Lazy Strings In Python): Ditto.
diff --git a/gdb/doc/guile.texi b/gdb/doc/guile.texi
index 0030f3f..65bc008 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/guile.texi
+++ b/gdb/doc/guile.texi
@@ -3248,7 +3248,7 @@ most appropriate encoding when the string is printed.
@deffn {Scheme Procedure} lazy-string-type lazy-string
Return the type that is represented by @var{lazy-string}'s type.
-For a lazy string this will always be a pointer type. To
+For a lazy string this is a pointer or array type. To
resolve this to the lazy string's character type, use
@code{type-target-type}.
@xref{Types In Guile}.
@end deffn
diff --git a/gdb/doc/python.texi b/gdb/doc/python.texi
index d6507e5..834247c 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/python.texi
+++ b/gdb/doc/python.texi
@@ -4884,7 +4884,7 @@ is not writable.
@defvar LazyString.type
This attribute holds the type that is represented by the lazy string's
-type. For a lazy string this will always be a pointer type. To
+type. For a lazy string this is a pointer or array type. To
resolve this to the lazy string's character type, use the type's
@code{target} method. @xref{Types In Python}. This attribute is not
writable.