[PATCH] py-breakpoint: Don't use the 'p' PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords format specifier

Simon Marchi simon.marchi@polymtl.ca
Thu Dec 14 20:48:00 GMT 2017


On 2017-12-14 14:53, Simon Marchi wrote:
> In Python 3, the 'p' format specifier can be passed to
> PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords to test the argument for truth and convert
> it to a boolean value (the p stands for predicate).  However, it is not
> available in Python 2, causing this error:
> 
>   Traceback (most recent call last):
>     File "test.py", line 1, in <module>
>       b1 = gdb.Breakpoint("foo", qualified=False)
>   TypeError: argument 10 (impossible<bad format char>)
> 
> This patch changes it to the 'O' specifier, which returns the Python
> object passed in without transformation, and uses PyObject_IsTrue on 
> it.
> This is what is done for the other boolean parameters of this function
> (internal and temporary).
> 
> This fixes the test gdb.python/py-breakpoint.exp for Python 2.
> 
> gdb/ChangeLog:
> 
> 	* python/py-breakpoint.c (bppy_init): Use 'O' format specifier
> 	for "qualified" and use PyObject_IsTrue.
> ---
>  gdb/python/py-breakpoint.c | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/gdb/python/py-breakpoint.c b/gdb/python/py-breakpoint.c
> index ce680c4..05291b5 100644
> --- a/gdb/python/py-breakpoint.c
> +++ b/gdb/python/py-breakpoint.c
> @@ -707,9 +707,9 @@ bppy_init (PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject 
> *kwargs)
>    char *label = NULL;
>    char *source = NULL;
>    char *function = NULL;
> -  int qualified = 0;
> +  PyObject * qualified = NULL;
> 
> -  if (!gdb_PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords (args, kwargs, "|siiOOsssOp", 
> keywords,
> +  if (!gdb_PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords (args, kwargs, "|siiOOsssOO", 
> keywords,
>  					&spec, &type, &access_type,
>  					&internal,
>  					&temporary, &source,
> @@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ bppy_init (PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject 
> *kwargs)
>  	  {
>  	    event_location_up location;
>  	    symbol_name_match_type func_name_match_type
> -	      = (qualified
> +	      = (qualified != NULL && PyObject_IsTrue (qualified)
>  		  ? symbol_name_match_type::FULL
>  		  : symbol_name_match_type::WILD);

Pedro gave me a thumbs up on IRC, so I am pushing it.

Simon



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