container_of equivalent in gdb-python script
Jan Kiszka
jan.kiszka@web.de
Thu Jun 11 09:51:00 GMT 2009
Tom Tromey wrote:
>>>>>> "Jan" == Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@web.de> writes:
>
> Jan> Yeah, seen this (in the testsuite). But such objects neither have
> Jan> addresses, nor do they help with non-constant objects I'm interested in.
>
> Yeah. You can use this for "offsetof" but it sounds like you wanted
> more.
Yep, essentially instantiate a gdb.Value object of arbitrary type at an
arbitrary address.
>
> Tom> Whoops, this seems to be undocumented.
>
> Jan> Not the only piece... :)
>
> Please report anything you think is missing. We try very hard to
> document the entirety of the Python API; anything missing is due to an
> oversight. I will write doc patches for anything you "don't" find ;)
>
I have to correct myself: Actually looking at the right documentation, I
find all the latest features described (I was probably still starring at
6.8 docs...).
Jan
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