py uiout was: Re: [PATCH 3/3] PR gdb/13860: don't lose '-interpreter-exec console EXECUTION_COMMAND''s output in async mode.

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Matt" == Matt Rice <ratmice@gmail.com> writes:

Matt> FWIW the attachments to PR 11688 should probably be able to see if
Matt> this is an issue (I would also imagine it seems like it would)

Matt> the main issue is that the current ui-out types do not contain
Matt> adequate information to allow one to pre-allocate a python object of
Matt> e.g. a dictionary or a list, instead we must wait after starting the
Matt> list or dictionary until the first item is added to know if it is
Matt> key/value or merely values,

Could you walk me through it?
I am still having trouble understanding the issue.

It seems to me that ui-out tables would map to a list of objects; and
lists or tuples would generally map to lists, except if they are a
direct child of a table.

Tom