Re: [RFC] A new command 'explore'

[Siva Chandra <sivachandra at google dot com>]

Hello again,

I have updated the patch based on feedback from Tom and Joel. The new
version is attached. As I have said earlier, I will add documentation
to gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo once the basic functionality and feature set is
approved.

2011-12-27 Siva Chandra <sivachandra@google.com>

        New command 'explore' which helps explore values in scope.
        * data-directory/Makefile.in: Add gdb/command/explore.py
        * python/lib/gdb/command/explore.py: Implemention of the 'explore'
        command using the GDB Python API.
        * testsuite/gdb.python/Makefile.in: Add py-explore to EXECUTABLES
        * testsuite/gdb.python/py-explore.c: C program used for testing
        the new 'explore' command.
        * testsuite/gdb-python/py-explore.exp: Tests for the new 'explore'
        command.

Thanks,
Siva Chandra

On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 12:30 AM, Siva Chandra <sivachandra@google.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Attached is a patch which implements a new command 'explore' using the
> GDB Python API. The idea behind this 'explore' command is as follows:
> Often, when exploring a new code base which has complicated data
> structures, we would like to explore the data structure values
> top-down. For example, if a struct is part of a struct/union is part
> of another struct/union, then we typically explore the top-level
> struct/union in the first pass. In subsequent passes, we might want to
> go deeper by exploring the structs/unions embedded in the top level
> struct. We might infact want to explore all the way up to the leaf
> values. The ‘explore’ command enables a user to do such a top-down
> exploration of data structures interactively.
>
> I will add the documentation to gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo once the basics of
> this patch are approved.
>
> 2011-12-19 Siva Chandra <sivachandra@google.com>
>
> ? ? ? ?New command 'explore' which helps explore values in scope.
> ? ? ? ?* data-directory/Makefile.in: Add gdb/command/explore.py
> ? ? ? ?* python/lib/gdb/command/explore.py: Implemention of the 'explore'
> ? ? ? ?command using the GDB Python API.
> ? ? ? ?* testsuite/gdb.python/Makefile.in: Add py-explore to EXECUTABLES
> ? ? ? ?* testsuite/gdb.python/py-explore.c: C program used for testing
> ? ? ? ?the new 'explore' command.
> ? ? ? ?* testsuite/gdb-python/py-explore.exp: Tests for the new 'explore'
> ? ? ? ?command.
>
> Thanks,
> Siva Chandra

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