Re: [PATCH] python: Provide textual representation for Inferior and Objfile

[Simon Marchi <simon dot marchi at polymtl dot ca>]

On 2018-09-12 18:07, Tom Tromey wrote:
> > > > > > "Simon" == Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@ericsson.com> writes:
>
> Simon> This makes printing debug traces more difficult than it should 
> be.  This
> Simon> patch provides some repr() implementation for these two types 
> (more to
> Simon> come if people agree with the idea, but I want to test the water 
> first).
>
> I think it is a good idea.
>
> Simon> In your opinion, does this require an announcement in NEWS and 
> an entry
> Simon> in the manual?  I don't think the output of repr() should be 
> considered
> Simon> stable, as we could change it over time to make it more useful.  
> Maybe
> Simon> that should be documented?
>
> That seems like a reasonable rule to me.  One idea would be to make 
> this
> a general rule for the gdb Python layer and document it in the "Basic
> Python" node.

Good idea, a blanket warning (for string repr of all object types) in 
there should be enough.  I'll do it that.

> I could go either way about a NEWS entry.  It seems more like a
> debugging convenience feature maybe?  Dunno.

That's what I think too.

Thanks,

Simon