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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 9169d8e..5b38a67 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +2011-10-25 Paul Koning <paul_koning@dell.com> + + PR python/13327 + + * gdb.texinfo (Values From Inferior): Add is_lazy attribute, + fetch_lazy method. + 2011-10-20 Phil Muldoon <pmuldoon@redhat.com> PR python/12656 diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index 69e2bda..853692c 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -21681,6 +21681,21 @@ that includes @acronym{RTTI} for the object in question. Otherwise, it will just return the static type of the value as in @kbd{ptype foo} (@pxref{Symbols, ptype}). @end defvar + +@defvar Value.is_lazy +The value of this read-only boolean attribute is @code{True} if this +@code{gdb.Value} has not yet been fetched from the inferior. +@value{GDBN} does not fetch values until necessary, for efficiency. +For example: + +@smallexample +myval = gdb.parse_and_eval ('somevar') +@end smallexample + +The value of @code{somevar} is not fetched at this time. It will be +fetched when the value is needed, or when the @code{fetch_lazy} +method is invoked. +@end defvar @end table The following methods are provided: @@ -21814,6 +21829,19 @@ fetched and encoded to the length of characters specified. If the @var{length} argument is not provided, the string will be fetched and encoded until a null of appropriate width is found. @end defun + +@defun Value.fetch_lazy () +If the @code{gdb.Value} object is currently a lazy value +(@code{gdb.Value.is_lazy} is @code{True}), then the value is +fetched from the inferior. Any errors that occur in the process +will produce a Python exception. + +If the @code{gdb.Value} object is not a lazy value, this method +has no effect. + +This method does not return a value. +@end defun + @end table @node Types In Python |