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| author | Doug Evans <dje@google.com> | 2010-11-02 22:44:13 +0000 |
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| committer | Doug Evans <dje@google.com> | 2010-11-02 22:44:13 +0000 |
| commit | 7b51bc51e108b017e45141b15d940514a31260f6 (patch) | |
| tree | a5acefdcc435517b09af9a4b4e23de155224e9bc /gdb/NEWS | |
| parent | 50c97f3812a233c6d201d3de555ffffee8ae7cb0 (diff) | |
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New python module gdb.printing, and new commands info pretty-printer,
enable pretty-printer, disable pretty-printer.
* NEWS: Mention them.
* data-directory/Makefile.in (PYTHON_FILES): Add gdb/printing.py,
gdb/command/__init__.py, gdb/command/pretty_printers.py.
* python/lib/gdb/__init__.py: Install pretty-printer commands.
* python/lib/gdb/printing.py: New file.
* python/lib/gdb/command/__init__.py: New file.
* python/lib/gdb/command/pretty_printers.py: New file.
doc/
* gdb.texinfo (Pretty Printing): Expand into three sections,
introduction, example, and commands.
(Python API): Delete section Disabling Pretty-Printers, merge into
Selecting Pretty-Printers.
(Writing a Pretty-Printer): New section. Move the pretty-printer
example here, and reformat to match python coding style. Add a second
example using the gdb.printing module.
(Python modules): Add gdb.printing.
testsuite/
* gdb.python/py-pp-maint.c: New file.
* gdb.python/py-pp-maint.exp: New file.
* gdb.python/py-pp-maint.py: New file.
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@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@ It contains a collection of utilities for working with gdb.Types objects: get_basic_type, has_field, make_enum_dict. + ** Module gdb.printing has been added. + It contains utilities for writing and registering pretty-printers. + New classes: PrettyPrinter, SubPrettyPrinter, + RegexpCollectionPrettyPrinter. + New function: register_pretty_printer. + + ** New commands "info pretty-printers", "enable pretty-printer" and + "disable pretty-printer" have been added. + * C++ Improvements: ** GDB now puts template parameters in scope when debugging in an |