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| author | Doug Evans <dje@google.com> | 2011-02-22 22:48:12 +0000 |
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| committer | Doug Evans <dje@google.com> | 2011-02-22 22:48:12 +0000 |
| commit | 6e6fbe60bc0412fec955d539b445b66b14a04e69 (patch) | |
| tree | 369fa1e0716583cb0acf3890749ec42a6d0fae4b /gdb/NEWS | |
| parent | 1d41d745ca37dc95f93c8e1a148b3c46c85d7273 (diff) | |
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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.
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@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ * Python scripting + ** New function gdb.lookup_global_symbol looks up a global symbol. + ** GDB values in Python are now callable if the value represents a function. For example, if 'some_value' represents a function that takes two integer parameters and returns a value, you can call |