gdb/python: Introduce gdb.lookup_static_symbols

If gdb.lookup_static_symbol is going to return a single symbol then it
makes sense (I think) for it to return a context sensitive choice of
symbol, that is the global static symbol that would be visible to the
program at that point.

However, if the user of the python API wants to instead get a
consistent set of global static symbols, no matter where they stop,
then they have to instead consider all global static symbols with a
given name - there could be many.  That is what this new API function
offers, it returns a list (possibly empty) of all global static
symbols matching a given name (and optionally a given symbol domain).

gdb/ChangeLog:

	* python/py-symbol.c (gdbpy_lookup_static_symbols): New
	function.
	* python/python-internal.h (gdbpy_lookup_static_symbols):
	Declare new function.
	* python/python.c (python_GdbMethods): Add
	gdb.lookup_static_symbols method.
	* NEWS: Mention gdb.lookup_static_symbols.

gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:

	* gdb.python/py-symbol.exp: Add test for
	gdb.lookup_static_symbols.

gdb/doc/ChangeLog:

	* python.texi (Symbols In Python): Add documentation for
	gdb.lookup_static_symbols.

Change-Id: I1153b0ae5bcbc43b3dcf139043c7a48bf791e1a3

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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
index 6db17b9c8eb..fec0ebd8a11 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 2019-11-10  Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
 
+	* python.texi (Symbols In Python): Add documentation for
+	gdb.lookup_static_symbols.
+
+2019-11-10  Andrew Burgess  <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com>
+
 	* python.texi (Symbols In Python): Extend documentation for
 	gdb.lookup_static_symbol.
 
diff --git a/gdb/doc/python.texi b/gdb/doc/python.texi
index 9e227deba90..c9f84d8299a 100644
--- a/gdb/doc/python.texi
+++ b/gdb/doc/python.texi
@@ -4883,6 +4883,41 @@ search all object files in the order they appear in the debug
 information.
 @end defun
 
+@findex gdb.lookup_global_symbol
+@defun gdb.lookup_global_symbol (name @r{[}, domain@r{]})
+This function searches for a global symbol by name.
+The search scope can be restricted to by the domain argument.
+
+@var{name} is the name of the symbol.  It must be a string.
+The optional @var{domain} argument restricts the search to the domain type.
+The @var{domain} argument must be a domain constant defined in the @code{gdb}
+module and described later in this chapter.
+
+The result is a @code{gdb.Symbol} object or @code{None} if the symbol
+is not found.
+@end defun
+
+@findex gdb.lookup_static_symbols
+@defun gdb.lookup_static_symbols (name @r{[}, domain@r{]})
+Similar to @code{gdb.lookup_static_symbol}, this function searches for
+global symbols with static linkage by name, and optionally restricted
+by the domain argument.  However, this function returns a list of all
+matching symbols found, not just the first one.
+
+@var{name} is the name of the symbol.  It must be a string.
+The optional @var{domain} argument restricts the search to the domain type.
+The @var{domain} argument must be a domain constant defined in the @code{gdb}
+module and described later in this chapter.
+
+The result is a list of @code{gdb.Symbol} objects which could be empty
+if no matching symbols were found.
+
+Note that this function will not find function-scoped static variables. To look
+up such variables, iterate over the variables of the function's
+@code{gdb.Block} and check that @code{block.addr_class} is
+@code{gdb.SYMBOL_LOC_STATIC}.
+@end defun
+
 A @code{gdb.Symbol} object has the following attributes:
 
 @defvar Symbol.type