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-rw-r--r--gdb/python/lib/gdb/__init__.py7
-rw-r--r--gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-parameter.exp4
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/python/lib/gdb/__init__.py b/gdb/python/lib/gdb/__init__.py
index 17ee6a1..9e9978e 100644
--- a/gdb/python/lib/gdb/__init__.py
+++ b/gdb/python/lib/gdb/__init__.py
@@ -239,6 +239,13 @@ def find_pc_line(pc):
def set_parameter(name, value):
"""Set the GDB parameter NAME to VALUE."""
+ # Handle the specific case of booleans here, because gdb.parameter
+ # can return them, but they can't be passed to 'set' this way.
+ if isinstance(value, bool):
+ if value:
+ value = 'on'
+ else:
+ value = 'off'
execute("set " + name + " " + str(value), to_string=True)
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-parameter.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-parameter.exp
index db158dd..d6db6ac 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-parameter.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/py-parameter.exp
@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ proc_with_prefix test_boolean_parameter { } {
"The state of the Test Parameter is off.*" "show parameter off"
gdb_test "python print (test_param.value)" "False" \
"test boolean parameter value is False"
+ gdb_test_no_output "python gdb.set_parameter('print test-param', True)" \
+ "set boolean parameter using set_parameter"
+ gdb_test "python print(gdb.parameter('print test-param'))" "True" \
+ "get boolean parameter using gdb.parameter"
gdb_test "help show print test-param" \
[multi_line \
"Show the state of the boolean test-param" \