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| author | Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> | 2010-06-25 18:15:18 +0000 |
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| committer | Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> | 2010-06-25 18:15:18 +0000 |
| commit | bc9f0842f1f46aa754b20c5f2e12e2fa035041e3 (patch) | |
| tree | 738e98334da63119066ee4dff2f1cf386a4e2df0 /gdb/doc | |
| parent | 099ef718e3aaecb6668e206fd9110ab57ae5cc45 (diff) | |
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gdb
PR python/10808:
* python/python.c (execute_gdb_command): Add keywords. Accept
"to_string" argument.
(struct restore_ui_file_closure): New.
(restore_ui_file): New function.
(make_cleanup_restore_ui_file): Likewise.
(GdbMethods) <execute>: Update.
gdb/doc
PR python/10808:
* gdb.texinfo (Basic Python): Document new gdb.execute argument.
gdb/testsuite
PR python/10808:
* gdb.python/python.exp: Add new tests.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 9 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 90d767a..47aa02d 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2010-06-25 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com> + + PR python/10808: + * gdb.texinfo (Basic Python): Document new gdb.execute argument. + 2010-06-24 Hui Zhu <teawater@gmail.com> * gdb.texinfo: (Commands for Controlled Output): Add diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index cbd636f..2ea1436 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -20200,15 +20200,20 @@ methods and classes added by @value{GDBN} are placed in this module. use in all scripts evaluated by the @code{python} command. @findex gdb.execute -@defun execute command [from_tty] +@defun execute command [from_tty] [to_string] Evaluate @var{command}, a string, as a @value{GDBN} CLI command. If a GDB exception happens while @var{command} runs, it is translated as described in @ref{Exception Handling,,Exception Handling}. -If no exceptions occur, this function returns @code{None}. @var{from_tty} specifies whether @value{GDBN} ought to consider this command as having originated from the user invoking it interactively. It must be a boolean value. If omitted, it defaults to @code{False}. + +By default, any output produced by @var{command} is sent to +@value{GDBN}'s standard output. If the @var{to_string} parameter is +@code{True}, then output will be collected by @code{gdb.execute} and +returned as a string. The default is @code{False}, in which case the +return value is @code{None}. @end defun @findex gdb.breakpoints |