[PATCHv3 0/3] Add Type.is_scalar and Type.is_signed properties

[Andrew Burgess]

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Sorry for the noise.

Andrew

* Andrew Burgess via Binutils <binutils@sourceware.org> [2022-02-25 11:31:09 +0000]:

> Thanks for all the feedback on V1, and V2.  Additionally, Simon gave
> some awesome suggestions on IRC
> 
> The new V3 series is a complete rewrite, main points are:
> 
>   - New Type.is_scalar property in patch #1,
> 
>   - Now have a Type.is_signed property (patch #2), which is either
>     True or False.  Attempting to read this property on a non-scalar
>     type will raise a ValueError.
> 
>   - Finally, patch #3 adds a test for to cover the 'char' is different
>     to 'signed char' and 'unsigned char' issue.  This characteristic
>     should be detected by simply comparing types.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> Thanks,
> Andrew
> 
> ---
> 
> Andrew Burgess (3):
>   gdb/python: add Type.is_scalar property
>   gdb/python: add Type.is_signed property
>   gdb/testsuite: add new test for comparing char types in Python
> 
>  gdb/NEWS                             |  8 +++
>  gdb/doc/python.texi                  | 16 +++++
>  gdb/python/py-type.c                 | 38 ++++++++++++
>  gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-arch.exp | 15 ++++-
>  gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-type.c   | 16 +++++
>  gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-type.exp | 88 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  6 files changed, 179 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
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> 2.25.4
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