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Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/python/lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/python/lib/gdb/xmethod.py | 20 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/python/lib/gdb/xmethod.py b/gdb/python/lib/gdb/xmethod.py index 672b2d8..6acc23c 100644 --- a/gdb/python/lib/gdb/xmethod.py +++ b/gdb/python/lib/gdb/xmethod.py @@ -101,9 +101,11 @@ class XMethodWorker(object): invokes the method when GDB wants it to. Internally, GDB first invokes the 'get_arg_types' method to perform overload resolution. If GDB selects to invoke this Python xmethod, then it invokes it via the overridden - '__call__' method. + '__call__' method. The 'get_result_type' method is used to implement + 'ptype' on the xmethod. - Derived classes should override the 'get_arg_types' and '__call__' methods. + Derived classes should override the 'get_arg_types', 'get_result_type' + and '__call__' methods. """ def get_arg_types(self): @@ -117,6 +119,20 @@ class XMethodWorker(object): """ raise NotImplementedError("XMethodWorker get_arg_types") + def get_result_type(self, *args): + """Return the type of the result of the xmethod. + + Args: + args: Arguments to the method. Each element of the tuple is a + gdb.Value object. The first element is the 'this' pointer + value. These are the same arguments passed to '__call__'. + + Returns: + A gdb.Type object representing the type of the result of the + xmethod. + """ + raise NotImplementedError("XMethodWorker get_result_type") + def __call__(self, *args): """Invoke the xmethod. |