Re: [python] [patch] Add is_valid to several classes

[Phil Muldoon <pmuldoon at redhat dot com>]

Paul Koning <paul_koning@Dell.com> writes:

> On Mar 16, 2011, at 12:02 PM, Phil Muldoon wrote:
>
>> 
>> ...
>> A @code{gdb.Inferior} object has the following methods:
>> 
>> @table @code
>> +@defmethod Inferior is_valid
>> +Returns true if the @code{gdb.Inferior} object is valid, false if
>> +not.  A @code{gdb.Inferior} object will become invalid if the inferior
>> +no longer exists within @value{GDBN}.  All @code{gdb.Inferior}
>> +methods will throw an exception if it is invalid at the time the
>> +method is called.
>
> Should this be "all other ... methods since presumably it doesn't
> apply to the is_valid() method.  Same in the other places.

Yes thanks, noted.

>
>> ...
>> +A @code{gdb.Block} object has the following methods:
>> +
>> +@table @code
>> +@defmethod Block is_valid
>> +Returns true if the @code{gdb.Block} object is valid, false if not. A
>> +block object can become invalid if the block it refers to doesn't
>> +exist anymore in the inferior.  All @code{gdb.Block} methods will
>> +throw an exception if it is invalid at the time the method is called.
>> +This method is also made available to the Python iterator object that
>> +@code{gdb.Block} supports via the Python method @code{iter} function.
>
> The iter built-in function, or any iteration context, right?  For example, if b is a gdb.Block, you could say "for x in b:", presumably, and then "x.is_valid()" works.

Yep, all iteration contexts that are valid with Python.

Thanks

Phil