[RFC - Python Scripting] Add 'end' attribute to gdb.Symtab_and_line

[Siva Chandra]

ping!

On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Siva Chandra <sivachandra@google.com> wrote:
> Attached is a patch which adds the 'end' attribute to
> gdb.Symtab_and_line.  Essentially, it exposes the 'end' field of
> 'struct symtab_and_line'.
>
> Though I have named the new attribute 'end' in the attached patch, I
> would like to discuss this.  There is already an attribute 'pc' which
> is described as "Indicates the current program counter address" in the
> documentation.  I do not think this description is accurate: 'pc' is
> actually the begin address of the program counter address range for
> the current source line.  To indicate the right meaning of 'pc' and
> the new 'end' attribute, should they be named 'start_pc' and 'end_pc'
> respectively, at least in the python API?
>
> 2012-05-21  Siva Chandra Reddy  <sivachandra@google.com>
>
>        New attribute 'end' for gdb.Symtab_and_line.
>        * NEWS (Python Scripting): Add entry about the new attribute.
>        * python/py-symtab.c (salpy_get_end): New function which
>        implements the get method for the 'end' attribute of
>        gdb.Symtab_and_line.
>        (sal_object_getset): Add entry for the 'end' attribute.
>
>        doc/
>        * gdb.texinfo (Symbol Tables In Python): Add description about
>        the new 'end' attribute of gdb.Symtab_and line.
>
>        testsuite/
>        * gdb.python/py-symtab.exp: Add tests to test the new
> attribute
>        'end' of gdb.Symtab_and_line.
>        * gdb.python/py-symbol.c: Move break point comment to enable
>        testing of gdb.Symtab_and_line.end.
>
> Thanks,
> Siva Chandra