[Bug python/12188] New: python gdb.parameter("endian") is ""

[dje at google dot com]

http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=12188

           Summary: python gdb.parameter("endian") is ""
           Product: gdb
           Version: HEAD
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: python
        AssignedTo: unassigned@sourceware.org
        ReportedBy: dje@google.com


Conversion of gdb parameters to python is not always correct.

Here's an example:

bash$ gdb
[...]
(gdb) show endian
The target endianness is set automatically (currently little endian)
(gdb) python print gdb.parameter("endian")

(gdb)

i.e. the value is ""

Explicitly setting the value to "auto" then yields a better result.

(gdb) set endian auto
The target endianness is set automatically (currently little endian)
(gdb) python print gdb.parameter("endian")
auto

Plus it would be useful to see the actual endianness from python, instead of
having to watch for and handle "auto".

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