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| author | Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> | 2018-09-08 13:44:24 -0600 |
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| committer | Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com> | 2018-09-10 07:44:28 -0600 |
| commit | 9da10427ddcfae7313c462f729407e0c7c59e2d8 (patch) | |
| tree | 5fe483d81f0efe9df4f6b730689dcd3726ac2047 /gdb/doc/python.texi | |
| parent | 0d2a583976a87221d11c2639ede8f764e0c26059 (diff) | |
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Mention virtual tables in Python dynamic_type documentation
PR python/16461 asks that the Python dynamic_type documentation
mention virtual tables; this patch implements that request.
gdb/doc/ChangeLog
2018-09-10 Tom Tromey <tom@tromey.com>
PR python/16461:
* python.texi (Values From Inferior): Mention use of virtual
table.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/doc/python.texi')
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/python.texi | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/doc/python.texi b/gdb/doc/python.texi index 6eccc2b..e310c16 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/python.texi +++ b/gdb/doc/python.texi @@ -658,14 +658,14 @@ The type of this @code{gdb.Value}. The value of this attribute is a @end defvar @defvar Value.dynamic_type -The dynamic type of this @code{gdb.Value}. This uses C@t{++} run-time -type information (@acronym{RTTI}) to determine the dynamic type of the -value. If this value is of class type, it will return the class in -which the value is embedded, if any. If this value is of pointer or -reference to a class type, it will compute the dynamic type of the -referenced object, and return a pointer or reference to that type, -respectively. In all other cases, it will return the value's static -type. +The dynamic type of this @code{gdb.Value}. This uses the object's +virtual table and the C@t{++} run-time type information +(@acronym{RTTI}) to determine the dynamic type of the value. If this +value is of class type, it will return the class in which the value is +embedded, if any. If this value is of pointer or reference to a class +type, it will compute the dynamic type of the referenced object, and +return a pointer or reference to that type, respectively. In all +other cases, it will return the value's static type. Note that this feature will only work when debugging a C@t{++} program that includes @acronym{RTTI} for the object in question. Otherwise, |