[PATCH] python: Provide textual representation for Inferior and Objfile
Simon Marchi
simon.marchi@polymtl.ca
Wed Sep 12 22:10:00 GMT 2018
On 2018-09-12 18:07, Tom Tromey wrote:
>>>>>> "Simon" == Simon Marchi <simon.marchi@ericsson.com> writes:
>
> Simon> This makes printing debug traces more difficult than it should
> be. This
> Simon> patch provides some repr() implementation for these two types
> (more to
> Simon> come if people agree with the idea, but I want to test the water
> first).
>
> I think it is a good idea.
>
> Simon> In your opinion, does this require an announcement in NEWS and
> an entry
> Simon> in the manual? I don't think the output of repr() should be
> considered
> Simon> stable, as we could change it over time to make it more useful.
> Maybe
> Simon> that should be documented?
>
> That seems like a reasonable rule to me. One idea would be to make
> this
> a general rule for the gdb Python layer and document it in the "Basic
> Python" node.
Good idea, a blanket warning (for string repr of all object types) in
there should be enough. I'll do it that.
> I could go either way about a NEWS entry. It seems more like a
> debugging convenience feature maybe? Dunno.
That's what I think too.
Thanks,
Simon
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