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| author | Christian Biesinger <cbiesinger@google.com> | 2019-08-01 17:22:28 -0500 |
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| committer | Christian Biesinger <cbiesinger@google.com> | 2019-08-05 13:06:18 -0500 |
| commit | 0b27c27d0d3060171876736f05c39f9c86a65d3e (patch) | |
| tree | e9ea50193b9ee06ba7468ee9bce4440343286c51 /gdb/doc | |
| parent | 4ee94178afbe062bc244d28595f86d63633a7af7 (diff) | |
| download | binutils-gdb-0b27c27d0d3060171876736f05c39f9c86a65d3e.tar.gz | |
Add block['var'] accessor
Currently we support iteration on blocks; this patch extends that to make
subscript access work as well.
gdb/ChangeLog:
2019-08-05 Christian Biesinger <cbiesinger@google.com>
* NEWS: Mention dictionary access on blocks.
* python/py-block.c (blpy_getitem): New function.
(block_object_as_mapping): New struct.
(block_object_type): Use new struct for tp_as_mapping field.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog:
2019-08-05 Christian Biesinger <cbiesinger@google.com>
* python.texi (Blocks In Python): Document dictionary access on blocks.
gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog:
2019-08-05 Christian Biesinger <cbiesinger@google.com>
* gdb.python/py-block.exp: Test dictionary access on blocks.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/python.texi | 7 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 95fd22cddd0..6faf5f359d6 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2019-08-05 Christian Biesinger <cbiesinger@google.com> + + * python.texi (Blocks In Python): Document dictionary access on blocks. + 2019-08-03 Philippe Waroquiers <philippe.waroquiers@skynet.be> * gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Document new args -dirname and -basename diff --git a/gdb/doc/python.texi b/gdb/doc/python.texi index 3fdccd5e435..832283dede8 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/python.texi +++ b/gdb/doc/python.texi @@ -4722,7 +4722,12 @@ A @code{gdb.Block} is iterable. The iterator returns the symbols should not assume that a specific block object will always contain a given symbol, since changes in @value{GDBN} features and infrastructure may cause symbols move across blocks in a symbol -table. +table. You can also use Python's @dfn{dictionary syntax} to access +variables in this block, e.g.: + +@smallexample +symbol = some_block['variable'] # symbol is of type gdb.Symbol +@end smallexample The following block-related functions are available in the @code{gdb} module: |