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authorPhil Muldoon <pmuldoon@redhat.com>2011-10-20 12:31:30 +0000
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PR python/12656 * python/py-frame.c (frapy_read_var): Use const struct *block. * python/py-type.c (typy_lookup_typename): Likewise. (typy_lookup_type): Likewise. (typy_legacy_template_argument): Likewise. (typy_template_argument): Likewise. (gdbpy_lookup_type): Likewise. * python/py-symbol.c (gdbpy_lookup_symbol): Likewise. * python/py-block.c (blpy_block_object): Likewise. (blpy_iter): Likewise. (blpy_get_start): Likewise. (blpy_get_end): Likewise. (blpy_get_function): Likewise. (blpy_get_superblock): Likewise. (set_block): Likewise. (block_to_block_object): Likewise. (block_object_to_block): Likewise. (blpy_is_valid): Likewise. (blpy_get_global_block): New function. (blpy_get_static_block): New function. (blpy_is_global): New function. (blpy_is_static): New function. * blockframe.c (block_innermost_frame): Likewise. * valops.c (value_of_variable): Likewise. * frame.h: Update prototypes. * python/python-internal.h: Likewise. * value.h: Likewise. 2011-10-20 Phil Muldoon <pmuldoon@redhat.com> PR python/12656 * gdb.texinfo (Blocks In Python): Document is_static, is_global, global_block, static_block function. 2011-10-20 Phil Muldoon <pmuldoon@redhat.com> PR python/12656 * gdb.python/py-block.exp: Add is_global, is_static, static_block, global_block tests.
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'data-directory'/python/gdb/function are now automatically loaded
on GDB start-up.
+ ** Blocks now provide four new attributes. global_block and
+ static_block will return the global and static blocks
+ respectively. is_static and is_global are boolean attributes
+ that indicate if the block is one of those two types.
+
** Symbols now provide the "type" attribute, the type of the symbol.
** The "gdb.breakpoint" function has been deprecated in favor of