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authorChristian Biesinger <cbiesinger@google.com>2019-07-30 11:04:37 -0500
committerChristian Biesinger <cbiesinger@google.com>2019-07-30 11:04:37 -0500
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[PR/24474] Add gdb.lookup_static_symbol to the python API
Similar to lookup_global_symbol, except that it checks the STATIC_SCOPE. gdb/ChangeLog: 2019-07-30 Christian Biesinger <cbiesinger@google.com> PR/24474: Add a function to lookup static variables. * NEWS: Mention this new function. * python/py-symbol.c (gdbpy_lookup_static_symbol): New function. * python/python-internal.h (gdbpy_lookup_static_symbol): New function. * python/python.c (python_GdbMethods): Add new function. gdb/doc/ChangeLog: 2019-07-30 Christian Biesinger <cbiesinger@google.com> * python.texi (Symbols In Python): Document new function gdb.lookup_static_symbol. gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog: 2019-07-30 Christian Biesinger <cbiesinger@google.com> * gdb.python/py-symbol.c: Add a static variable and one in an anonymous namespace. * gdb.python/py-symbol.exp: Test gdb.lookup_static_symbol.
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there are no filters, or when the 'backtrace' '-no-filters' option
is given.
+ ** The new function gdb.lookup_static_symbol can be used to look up
+ symbols with static linkage.
+
** gdb.Objfile has new methods 'lookup_global_symbol' and
'lookup_static_symbol' to lookup a symbol from this objfile only.