[PATCH] Add gdb.Value.format_string ()

[Marco Barisione <mbarisione at undo dot io>]

The str () function, called on a gdb.Value instance, produces a string
representation similar to what can be achieved with the print command,
but it doesn't allow to specify additional formatting settings, for
instance disabling pretty printers.

The attached patch introduces a new format_string () method to gdb.Value
which allows specifying more formatting options, thus giving access to
more features provided by the internal C function common_val_print ().


This patch is longer than I usually like for my patches, but it's a
single feature and I didn't think it was particularly useful to split it
in a patch adding the C function, one for the test, one for the docs.
Let me know if you disagree and would prefer me to split it in some way.

I've never contributed to GDB before, so I filled up and signed all the
legal documents, but I haven't received the final document signed by the
FSF yet.

Thanks!

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Marco Barisione