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| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/python.texi | 16 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 642bc54..e1a3c86 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,11 @@ 2018-09-10 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> + PR python/16461: + * python.texi (Values From Inferior): Mention use of virtual + table. + +2018-09-10 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> + * python.texi (Basic Python): Parenthesize argument to decode_line. diff --git a/gdb/doc/python.texi b/gdb/doc/python.texi index 6eccc2b..e310c16 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/python.texi +++ b/gdb/doc/python.texi @@ -658,14 +658,14 @@ The type of this @code{gdb.Value}. The value of this attribute is a @end defvar @defvar Value.dynamic_type -The dynamic type of this @code{gdb.Value}. This uses C@t{++} run-time -type information (@acronym{RTTI}) to determine the dynamic type of the -value. If this value is of class type, it will return the class in -which the value is embedded, if any. If this value is of pointer or -reference to a class type, it will compute the dynamic type of the -referenced object, and return a pointer or reference to that type, -respectively. In all other cases, it will return the value's static -type. +The dynamic type of this @code{gdb.Value}. This uses the object's +virtual table and the C@t{++} run-time type information +(@acronym{RTTI}) to determine the dynamic type of the value. If this +value is of class type, it will return the class in which the value is +embedded, if any. If this value is of pointer or reference to a class +type, it will compute the dynamic type of the referenced object, and +return a pointer or reference to that type, respectively. In all +other cases, it will return the value's static type. Note that this feature will only work when debugging a C@t{++} program that includes @acronym{RTTI} for the object in question. Otherwise, |