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authorDoug Evans <dje@google.com>2015-04-29 13:24:21 -0700
committerDoug Evans <dje@google.com>2015-04-29 13:24:21 -0700
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gdb/ChangeLog: PR python/18285 * NEWS: Document new gdb.XMethodWorker.get_result_type method. * eval.c (evaluate_subexp_standard) <OP_FUNCALL>: Handle EVAL_AVOID_SIDE_EFFECTS for xmethods. * extension-priv.h (struct extension_language_ops) <get_xmethod_result_type>: New member. * extension.c (get_xmethod_result_type): New function. * extension.h (get_xmethod_result_type): Declare. * python/py-xmethods.c (get_result_type_method_name): New static global. (py_get_result_type_method_name): Ditto. (gdbpy_get_xmethod_result_type): New function. (gdbpy_initialize_xmethods): Initialize py_get_result_type_method_name. * python/python-internal.h (gdbpy_get_xmethod_result_type): Declare. * python/python.c (python_extension_ops): Add gdbpy_get_xmethod_result_type. * python/lib/gdb/xmethod.py (XMethodWorker): Add get_result_type. * valarith.c (value_x_binop): Handle EVAL_AVOID_SIDE_EFFECTS for xmethods. (value_x_unop): Ditto. * value.c (result_type_of_xmethod): New function. * value.h (result_type_of_xmethod): Declare. gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog: * gdb.python/py-xmethods.exp: Add ptype tests. * gdb.python/py-xmethods.py (E_method_char_worker): Add get_result_type method. gdb/doc/ChangeLog: * python.texi (Xmethod API) <gdb.XMethodWorker.get_result_type>: Document. (Writing an Xmethod): Add get_result_type to example.
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(Organized release by release)
*** Changes since GDB 7.9
-=======
* GDB now honors the content of the file /proc/PID/coredump_filter
(PID is the process ID) on GNU/Linux systems. This file can be used
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** You can now write frame unwinders in Python.
** gdb.Type objects have a new method "optimized_out",
returning optimized out gdb.Value instance of this type.
+ ** Xmethods can now specify a result type.
* New commands