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authorTom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>2012-11-12 17:41:59 +0000
committerTom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>2012-11-12 17:41:59 +0000
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* NEWS: Update.
* data-directory/Makefile.in (PYTHON_FILES): Add type_printers.py. * python/lib/gdb/command/type_printers.py: New file. * python/lib/gdb/command/types.py (TypePrinter): New class. (_get_some_type_recognizers, get_type_recognizers, apply_type_recognizers, register_type_printer): New functions. * python/py-objfile.c (objfile_object) <type_printers>: New field. (objfpy_dealloc): Decref new field. (objfpy_new): Set new field. (objfpy_get_type_printers, objfpy_set_type_printers): New functions. (objfile_to_objfile_object): Set new field. (objfile_getset): Add "type_printers". * python/py-progspace.c (pspace_object) <type_printers>: New field. (pspy_dealloc): Decref new field. (pspy_new): Set new field. (pspy_get_type_printers, pspy_set_type_printers): New functions. (pspace_to_pspace_object): Set new field. (pspace_getset): Add "type_printers". * python/python.c (start_type_printers, apply_type_printers, free_type_printers): New functions. (_initialize_python): Set gdb.type_printers. * python/python.h (start_type_printers, apply_type_printers, free_type_printers): Declare. * typeprint.c (type_print_raw_options, default_ptype_flags): Update for new fields. (do_free_global_table, create_global_typedef_table, find_global_typedef): New functions. (find_typedef_in_hash): Use find_global_typedef. (whatis_exp): Use create_global_typedef_table. Change cleanup handling. * typeprint.h (struct type_print_options) <global_typedefs, global_printers>: New fields. doc * gdb.texinfo (Symbols): Document "info type-printers", "enable type-printer" and "disable type-printer". (Python API): Add new node to menu. (Type Printing API): New node. (Progspaces In Python): Document type_printers field. (Objfiles In Python): Likewise. (gdb.types) <get_type_recognizers, apply_type_recognizers, register_type_printer, TypePrinter>: Document. testsuite * gdb.base/completion.exp: Update for "info type-printers". * gdb.python/py-typeprint.cc: New file. * gdb.python/py-typeprint.exp: New file. * gdb.python/py-typeprint.py: New file.
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** Python's atexit.register now works in GDB.
+ ** Types can be pretty-printed via a Python API.
+
* New Python-based convenience functions:
** $_memeq(buf1, buf2, length)
@@ -51,6 +53,10 @@ pi [command]
py [command]
"py" is a new alias for "python".
+enable type-printer [name]...
+disable type-printer [name]...
+ Enable or disable type printers.
+
* Removed commands
** For the Renesas Super-H architecture, the "regs" command has been removed