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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 7e530c0..1074511 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2020-07-28 Andrew Burgess <andrew.burgess@embecosm.com> + + * python.texi (Registers In Python): Document new find function. + 2020-07-22 Kevin Buettner <kevinb@redhat.com> * gdb.texinfo (Maintenance Commands): Add documentation for diff --git a/gdb/doc/python.texi b/gdb/doc/python.texi index 4fb994c..c9dc1ff 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/python.texi +++ b/gdb/doc/python.texi @@ -5755,6 +5755,15 @@ A @code{gdb.RegisterDescriptor} has the following read-only properties: The name of this register. @end defvar +It is also possible to lookup a register descriptor based on its name +using the following @code{gdb.RegisterDescriptorIterator} function: + +@defun RegisterDescriptorIterator.find (@var{name}) +Takes @var{name} as an argument, which must be a string, and returns a +@code{gdb.RegisterDescriptor} for the register with that name, or +@code{None} if there is no register with that name. +@end defun + Python code can also request from a @code{gdb.Architecture} information about the set of register groups available on a given architecture |