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Re: [RFA] Add basic Python API for convenience variables
- From: Joel Brobecker <brobecker at adacore dot com>
- To: Tom Tromey <tom at tromey dot com>
- Cc: gdb-patches at sourceware dot org
- Date: Wed, 30 May 2018 16:05:05 -0700
- Subject: Re: [RFA] Add basic Python API for convenience variables
- References: <20180422211309.31251-1-tom@tromey.com>
Hi Tom,
> This adds a basic Python API for accessing convenience variables.
> With this, convenience variables can be read and set from Python.
> Although gdb supports convenience variables whose value changes at
> each call, this is not exposed to Python; it could be, but I think
> it's just as good to write a convenience function in this situation.
>
> This is PR python/23080.
>
> Tested on x86-64 Fedora 26.
>
> ChangeLog
> 2018-04-22 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
>
> PR python/23080:
> * NEWS: Update for new functions.
> * python/py-value.c (gdbpy_set_convenience_variable)
> (gdbpy_convenience_variable): New functions.
> * python/python-internal.h (gdbpy_convenience_variable)
> (gdbpy_set_convenience_variable): Declare.
> * python/python.c (python_GdbMethods): Add convenience_variable,
> set_convenience_variable.
>
> doc/ChangeLog
> 2018-04-22 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
>
> PR python/23080:
> * python.texi (Basic Python): Document gdb.convenience_variable,
> gdb.set_convenience_variable.
>
> testsuite/ChangeLog
> 2018-04-22 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
>
> PR python/23080:
> * gdb.python/python.exp: Add convenience variable tests.
Really very sorry about the delay. The patch looks good to me,
so go ahead and push.
Thanks!
--
Joel