[PATCH v2 4/4] Document two argument form of gdb.Value constructor

[Kevin Buettner <kevinb at redhat dot com>]

gdb/ChangeLog:

	* NEWS: Mention two argument form of gdb.Value constructor.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:

	* python.texi (Values From Inferior): Document second form
	of Value.__init__.
---
 gdb/NEWS            | 3 +++
 gdb/doc/python.texi | 8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/gdb/NEWS b/gdb/NEWS
index eaef6aa384..9ad7ff4885 100644
--- a/gdb/NEWS
+++ b/gdb/NEWS
@@ -202,6 +202,9 @@ FreeBSD/riscv			riscv*-*-freebsd*
      gdb.SYMBOL_TYPES_DOMAIN are now deprecated.  These were never
      correct and did not work properly.
 
+  ** The gdb.Value type has a new constructor, which is used to construct a
+     gdb.Value from a Python buffer object and a gdb.Type.
+
 * Configure changes
 
 --enable-ubsan
diff --git a/gdb/doc/python.texi b/gdb/doc/python.texi
index 2860361c33..7f6f52c4df 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/python.texi
+++ b/gdb/doc/python.texi
@@ -735,6 +735,14 @@ its result is used.
 @end table
 @end defun
 
+@defun Value.__init__ (@var{val}, @r{[}, type @r{]})
+This second form of the @code{gdb.Value} constructor returns a
+@code{gdb.Value} of type @var{type} where the value contents are taken
+from the Python buffer object specified by @var{val}.  The number of
+bytes in the Python buffer object must be greater than or equal to the
+size of @var{type}.
+@end defun
+
 @defun Value.cast (type)
 Return a new instance of @code{gdb.Value} that is the result of
 casting this instance to the type described by @var{type}, which must