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authorSiva Chandra Reddy <sivachandra@sourceware.org>2012-05-03 07:07:26 +0000
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2012-05-03 Siva Chandra Reddy <sivachandra@google.com>
Add two new methods global_block and static_block to gdb.Symtab objects. * NEWS (Python scripting): Add entry about the new methods. * python/py-symtab.c (stpy_global_block): New function which implements the gdb.Symtab.global_block() method. (stpy_static_block): New function which implements the gdb.Symtab.static_block() method. (symtab_object_methods): Add entries for the two new methods. * testsuite/gdb.python/py-symbol.exp: Add tests to test the new methods gdb.Symtab.global_block() and gdb.Symtab.static_block(). * tessuite/gdb.python/py-symbol.c: Add new struct to help test gdb.Symtab.static_block(). * doc/gdb.texinfo (Symbol Tables In Python): Add documentation about the new methods global_block and static_block on gdb.Symtab objects.
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+2012-05-03 Siva Chandra Reddy <sivachandra@google.com>
+
+ * gdb.texinfo (Symbol Tables In Python): Add documentation about
+ the new methods global_block and static_block on gdb.Symtab
+ objects.
+
2012-05-02 Siva Chandra Reddy <sivachandra@google.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Blocks In Python): Add a note saying that future
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@defun Symtab.fullname ()
Return the symbol table's source absolute file name.
@end defun
+
+@defun Symtab.global_block ()
+Return the global block of the underlying symbol table.
+@xref{Blocks In Python}.
+@end defun
+
+@defun Symtab.static_block ()
+Return the static block of the underlying symbol table.
+@xref{Blocks In Python}.
+@end defun
@end table
@node Breakpoints In Python