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authorDoug Evans <dje@google.com>2012-03-01 19:30:17 +0000
committerDoug Evans <dje@google.com>2012-03-01 19:30:17 +0000
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* NEWS: Mention new python command class gdb.COMMAND_USER.
* cli/cli-cmds.c (show_user): Print error when used on a python command. (init_cli_cmds): Update documentation strings for "show user" and "set/show max-user-call-depth" to clarify that it does not apply to python commands. * python/py-cmd.c (cmdpy_init): Treat class_user as a valid class in error check. (gdbpy_initialize_commands): Add COMMAND_USER as a constant in gdb python api. * top.c (execute_command): Only execute a user-defined command as a legacy macro if c->user_commands is set. doc/ * gdb.texinfo (Commands In Python): Put example python macro in COMMAND_USER category rather than COMMAND_OBSCURE. Document gdb.COMMAND_USER. (User-defined Commands): Update documentation to clarify "set/show max-user-call-depth" and "show user" don't apply to python commands. Update documentation to clarify "help user-defined" may also include python commands defined as COMMAND_USER. testsuite/ * gdb.python/py-cmd.exp: Add test to verify that python commands can be put in the user-defined category and that the commands appear in "help user-defined".
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* Python scripting
+ ** GDB commands implemented in Python can now be put in command class
+ "gdb.COMMAND_USER".
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** The "maint set python print-stack on|off" is now deleted.
** A new class, gdb.printing.FlagEnumerationPrinter, can be used to