From 6e6fbe60bc0412fec955d539b445b66b14a04e69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Doug Evans Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 22:48:12 +0000 Subject: Add gdb.lookup_global_symbol python function. * NEWS: Add entry. * python/py-symbol.c (gdbpy_lookup_global_symbol): New function. * python/python-internal.h (gdbpy_lookup_global_symbol): Declare it. * python/python.c (GdbMethods): Add entry for lookup_global_symbol. doc/ * gdb.texinfo (Symbols In Python): Document lookup_global_symbol. Clarify behaviour of lookup_symbol when `block' argument is omitted, add description of result, fix @defun formatting. testsuite/ * gdb.python/py-symbol.exp: Test lookup_global_symbol. --- gdb/python/python.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'gdb/python/python.c') diff --git a/gdb/python/python.c b/gdb/python/python.c index b79504a..2977a56 100644 --- a/gdb/python/python.c +++ b/gdb/python/python.c @@ -1145,6 +1145,10 @@ Return a Type corresponding to the given name." }, Return a tuple with the symbol corresponding to the given name (or None) and\n\ a boolean indicating if name is a field of the current implied argument\n\ `this' (when the current language is object-oriented)." }, + { "lookup_global_symbol", (PyCFunction) gdbpy_lookup_global_symbol, + METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS, + "lookup_global_symbol (name [, domain]) -> symbol\n\ +Return the symbol corresponding to the given name (or None)." }, { "block_for_pc", gdbpy_block_for_pc, METH_VARARGS, "Return the block containing the given pc value, or None." }, { "solib_name", gdbpy_solib_name, METH_VARARGS, -- cgit v1.1