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author | Doug Evans <xdje42@gmail.com> | 2014-05-17 09:13:00 -0700 |
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committer | Doug Evans <xdje42@gmail.com> | 2014-05-17 09:13:00 -0700 |
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Copy over changes from guile.texi.
* python.texi (Basic Python) <gdb.execute>: Add text.
(Basic Python) <gdb.post_event>: Remove "main" from "main GDB thread".
(Values From Inferior) <Python string>: Add text.
(Values From Inferior) <Value.string>: Clarify string length handling.
(Pretty Printing API): Add cindex.
(Types In Python) <TYPE_CODE_*>: Use vtable instead of table.
Remove unnecessary index of gdb.TYPE_CODE_*. Replace @findex with
@vindex.
(Commands In Python) <COMPLETE_*>: Similarly.
(Symbols In Python) <SYMBOL_*>: Similarly.
(Breakpoints In Python) <WP_*>: Similarly.
(Breakpoints In Python) <BP_*>: Similarly.
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diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index 5adb06f..30094ef 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,19 @@ +2014-05-17 Doug Evans <xdje42@gmail.com> + + Copy over changes from guile.texi. + * python.texi (Basic Python) <gdb.execute>: Add text. + (Basic Python) <gdb.post_event>: Remove "main" from "main GDB thread". + (Values From Inferior) <Python string>: Add text. + (Values From Inferior) <Value.string>: Clarify string length handling. + (Pretty Printing API): Add cindex. + (Types In Python) <TYPE_CODE_*>: Use vtable instead of table. + Remove unnecessary index of gdb.TYPE_CODE_*. Replace @findex with + @vindex. + (Commands In Python) <COMPLETE_*>: Similarly. + (Symbols In Python) <SYMBOL_*>: Similarly. + (Breakpoints In Python) <WP_*>: Similarly. + (Breakpoints In Python) <BP_*>: Similarly. + 2014-05-17 David Taylor <dtaylor@emc.com> * gdb.texinfo (General Query Packets): Add a note about thread IDs diff --git a/gdb/doc/python.texi b/gdb/doc/python.texi index 90b7074..ba0a7fd 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/python.texi +++ b/gdb/doc/python.texi @@ -220,7 +220,8 @@ command as having originated from the user invoking it interactively. It must be a boolean value. If omitted, it defaults to @code{False}. By default, any output produced by @var{command} is sent to -@value{GDBN}'s standard output. If the @var{to_string} parameter is +@value{GDBN}'s standard output (and to the log output if logging is +turned on). If the @var{to_string} parameter is @code{True}, then output will be collected by @code{gdb.execute} and returned as a string. The default is @code{False}, in which case the return value is @code{None}. If @var{to_string} is @code{True}, the @@ -295,7 +296,7 @@ processed relative to other events inside @value{GDBN}. @value{GDBN} is not thread-safe. If your Python program uses multiple threads, you must be careful to only call @value{GDBN}-specific -functions in the main @value{GDBN} thread. @code{post_event} ensures +functions in the @value{GDBN} thread. @code{post_event} ensures this. For example: @smallexample @@ -660,8 +661,10 @@ A Python float is converted to the C @code{double} type for the current architecture. @item Python string -A Python string is converted to a target string, using the current -target encoding. +A Python string is converted to a target string in the current target +language using the current target encoding. +If a character cannot be represented in the current target encoding, +then an exception is thrown. @item @code{gdb.Value} If @code{val} is a @code{gdb.Value}, then a copy of the value is made. @@ -789,15 +792,16 @@ If this @code{gdb.Value} represents a string, then this method converts the contents to a Python string. Otherwise, this method will throw an exception. -Strings are recognized in a language-specific way; whether a given -@code{gdb.Value} represents a string is determined by the current -language. +Values are interpreted as strings according to the rules of the +current language. If the optional length argument is given, the +string will be converted to that length, and will include any embedded +zeroes that the string may contain. Otherwise, for languages +where the string is zero-terminated, the entire string will be +converted. -For C-like languages, a value is a string if it is a pointer to or an -array of characters or ints. The string is assumed to be terminated -by a zero of the appropriate width. However if the optional length -argument is given, the string will be converted to that given length, -ignoring any embedded zeros that the string may contain. +For example, in C-like languages, a value is a string if it is a pointer +to or an array of characters or ints of type @code{wchar_t}, @code{char16_t}, +or @code{char32_t}. If the optional @var{encoding} argument is given, it must be a string naming the encoding of the string in the @code{gdb.Value}, such as @@ -1057,145 +1061,120 @@ Each type has a code, which indicates what category this type falls into. The available type categories are represented by constants defined in the @code{gdb} module: -@table @code -@findex TYPE_CODE_PTR -@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_PTR +@vtable @code +@vindex TYPE_CODE_PTR @item gdb.TYPE_CODE_PTR The type is a pointer. -@findex TYPE_CODE_ARRAY -@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_ARRAY +@vindex TYPE_CODE_ARRAY @item gdb.TYPE_CODE_ARRAY The type is an array. -@findex TYPE_CODE_STRUCT -@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_STRUCT +@vindex TYPE_CODE_STRUCT @item gdb.TYPE_CODE_STRUCT The type is a structure. -@findex TYPE_CODE_UNION -@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_UNION +@vindex TYPE_CODE_UNION @item gdb.TYPE_CODE_UNION The type is a union. -@findex TYPE_CODE_ENUM -@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_ENUM +@vindex TYPE_CODE_ENUM @item gdb.TYPE_CODE_ENUM The type is an enum. -@findex TYPE_CODE_FLAGS -@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_FLAGS +@vindex TYPE_CODE_FLAGS @item gdb.TYPE_CODE_FLAGS A bit flags type, used for things such as status registers. -@findex TYPE_CODE_FUNC -@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_FUNC +@vindex TYPE_CODE_FUNC @item gdb.TYPE_CODE_FUNC The type is a function. -@findex TYPE_CODE_INT -@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_INT +@vindex TYPE_CODE_INT @item gdb.TYPE_CODE_INT The type is an integer type. -@findex TYPE_CODE_FLT -@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_FLT +@vindex TYPE_CODE_FLT @item gdb.TYPE_CODE_FLT A floating point type. -@findex TYPE_CODE_VOID -@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_VOID +@vindex TYPE_CODE_VOID @item gdb.TYPE_CODE_VOID The special type @code{void}. -@findex TYPE_CODE_SET -@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_SET +@vindex TYPE_CODE_SET @item gdb.TYPE_CODE_SET A Pascal set type. -@findex TYPE_CODE_RANGE -@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_RANGE +@vindex TYPE_CODE_RANGE @item gdb.TYPE_CODE_RANGE A range type, that is, an integer type with bounds. -@findex TYPE_CODE_STRING -@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_STRING +@vindex TYPE_CODE_STRING @item gdb.TYPE_CODE_STRING A string type. Note that this is only used for certain languages with language-defined string types; C strings are not represented this way. -@findex TYPE_CODE_BITSTRING -@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_BITSTRING +@vindex TYPE_CODE_BITSTRING @item gdb.TYPE_CODE_BITSTRING A string of bits. It is deprecated. -@findex TYPE_CODE_ERROR -@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_ERROR +@vindex TYPE_CODE_ERROR @item gdb.TYPE_CODE_ERROR An unknown or erroneous type. -@findex TYPE_CODE_METHOD -@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_METHOD +@vindex TYPE_CODE_METHOD @item gdb.TYPE_CODE_METHOD A method type, as found in C@t{++} or Java. -@findex TYPE_CODE_METHODPTR -@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_METHODPTR +@vindex TYPE_CODE_METHODPTR @item gdb.TYPE_CODE_METHODPTR A pointer-to-member-function. -@findex TYPE_CODE_MEMBERPTR -@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_MEMBERPTR +@vindex TYPE_CODE_MEMBERPTR @item gdb.TYPE_CODE_MEMBERPTR A pointer-to-member. -@findex TYPE_CODE_REF -@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_REF +@vindex TYPE_CODE_REF @item gdb.TYPE_CODE_REF A reference type. -@findex TYPE_CODE_CHAR -@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_CHAR +@vindex TYPE_CODE_CHAR @item gdb.TYPE_CODE_CHAR A character type. -@findex TYPE_CODE_BOOL -@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_BOOL +@vindex TYPE_CODE_BOOL @item gdb.TYPE_CODE_BOOL A boolean type. -@findex TYPE_CODE_COMPLEX -@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_COMPLEX +@vindex TYPE_CODE_COMPLEX @item gdb.TYPE_CODE_COMPLEX A complex float type. -@findex TYPE_CODE_TYPEDEF -@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_TYPEDEF +@vindex TYPE_CODE_TYPEDEF @item gdb.TYPE_CODE_TYPEDEF A typedef to some other type. -@findex TYPE_CODE_NAMESPACE -@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_NAMESPACE +@vindex TYPE_CODE_NAMESPACE @item gdb.TYPE_CODE_NAMESPACE A C@t{++} namespace. -@findex TYPE_CODE_DECFLOAT -@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_DECFLOAT +@vindex TYPE_CODE_DECFLOAT @item gdb.TYPE_CODE_DECFLOAT A decimal floating point type. -@findex TYPE_CODE_INTERNAL_FUNCTION -@findex gdb.TYPE_CODE_INTERNAL_FUNCTION +@vindex TYPE_CODE_INTERNAL_FUNCTION @item gdb.TYPE_CODE_INTERNAL_FUNCTION A function internal to @value{GDBN}. This is the type used to represent convenience functions. -@end table +@end vtable Further support for types is provided in the @code{gdb.types} Python module (@pxref{gdb.types}). @node Pretty Printing API @subsubsection Pretty Printing API +@cindex python pretty printing api An example output is provided (@pxref{Pretty Printing}). @@ -1290,6 +1269,7 @@ printer exists, then this returns @code{None}. @node Selecting Pretty-Printers @subsubsection Selecting Pretty-Printers +@cindex selecting python pretty-printers The Python list @code{gdb.pretty_printers} contains an array of functions or callable objects that have been registered via addition @@ -2698,42 +2678,36 @@ specifying it via an argument at initialization, or by returning it from the @code{complete} method. These predefined completion constants are all defined in the @code{gdb} module: -@table @code -@findex COMPLETE_NONE -@findex gdb.COMPLETE_NONE +@vtable @code +@vindex COMPLETE_NONE @item gdb.COMPLETE_NONE This constant means that no completion should be done. -@findex COMPLETE_FILENAME -@findex gdb.COMPLETE_FILENAME +@vindex COMPLETE_FILENAME @item gdb.COMPLETE_FILENAME This constant means that filename completion should be performed. -@findex COMPLETE_LOCATION -@findex gdb.COMPLETE_LOCATION +@vindex COMPLETE_LOCATION @item gdb.COMPLETE_LOCATION This constant means that location completion should be done. @xref{Specify Location}. -@findex COMPLETE_COMMAND -@findex gdb.COMPLETE_COMMAND +@vindex COMPLETE_COMMAND @item gdb.COMPLETE_COMMAND This constant means that completion should examine @value{GDBN} command names. -@findex COMPLETE_SYMBOL -@findex gdb.COMPLETE_SYMBOL +@vindex COMPLETE_SYMBOL @item gdb.COMPLETE_SYMBOL This constant means that completion should be done using symbol names as the source. -@findex COMPLETE_EXPRESSION -@findex gdb.COMPLETE_EXPRESSION +@vindex COMPLETE_EXPRESSION @item gdb.COMPLETE_EXPRESSION This constant means that completion should be done on expressions. Often this means completing on symbol names, but some language parsers also have support for completing on field names. -@end table +@end vtable The following code snippet shows how a trivial CLI command can be implemented in Python: @@ -3550,111 +3524,109 @@ exception. The available domain categories in @code{gdb.Symbol} are represented as constants in the @code{gdb} module: -@table @code -@findex SYMBOL_UNDEF_DOMAIN -@findex gdb.SYMBOL_UNDEF_DOMAIN +@vtable @code +@vindex SYMBOL_UNDEF_DOMAIN @item gdb.SYMBOL_UNDEF_DOMAIN This is used when a domain has not been discovered or none of the following domains apply. This usually indicates an error either in the symbol information or in @value{GDBN}'s handling of symbols. -@findex SYMBOL_VAR_DOMAIN -@findex gdb.SYMBOL_VAR_DOMAIN + +@vindex SYMBOL_VAR_DOMAIN @item gdb.SYMBOL_VAR_DOMAIN This domain contains variables, function names, typedef names and enum type values. -@findex SYMBOL_STRUCT_DOMAIN -@findex gdb.SYMBOL_STRUCT_DOMAIN + +@vindex SYMBOL_STRUCT_DOMAIN @item gdb.SYMBOL_STRUCT_DOMAIN This domain holds struct, union and enum type names. -@findex SYMBOL_LABEL_DOMAIN -@findex gdb.SYMBOL_LABEL_DOMAIN + +@vindex SYMBOL_LABEL_DOMAIN @item gdb.SYMBOL_LABEL_DOMAIN This domain contains names of labels (for gotos). -@findex SYMBOL_VARIABLES_DOMAIN -@findex gdb.SYMBOL_VARIABLES_DOMAIN + +@vindex SYMBOL_VARIABLES_DOMAIN @item gdb.SYMBOL_VARIABLES_DOMAIN This domain holds a subset of the @code{SYMBOLS_VAR_DOMAIN}; it contains everything minus functions and types. -@findex SYMBOL_FUNCTIONS_DOMAIN -@findex gdb.SYMBOL_FUNCTIONS_DOMAIN + +@vindex SYMBOL_FUNCTIONS_DOMAIN @item gdb.SYMBOL_FUNCTION_DOMAIN This domain contains all functions. -@findex SYMBOL_TYPES_DOMAIN -@findex gdb.SYMBOL_TYPES_DOMAIN + +@vindex SYMBOL_TYPES_DOMAIN @item gdb.SYMBOL_TYPES_DOMAIN This domain contains all types. -@end table +@end vtable The available address class categories in @code{gdb.Symbol} are represented as constants in the @code{gdb} module: -@table @code -@findex SYMBOL_LOC_UNDEF -@findex gdb.SYMBOL_LOC_UNDEF +@vtable @code +@vindex SYMBOL_LOC_UNDEF @item gdb.SYMBOL_LOC_UNDEF If this is returned by address class, it indicates an error either in the symbol information or in @value{GDBN}'s handling of symbols. -@findex SYMBOL_LOC_CONST -@findex gdb.SYMBOL_LOC_CONST + +@vindex SYMBOL_LOC_CONST @item gdb.SYMBOL_LOC_CONST Value is constant int. -@findex SYMBOL_LOC_STATIC -@findex gdb.SYMBOL_LOC_STATIC + +@vindex SYMBOL_LOC_STATIC @item gdb.SYMBOL_LOC_STATIC Value is at a fixed address. -@findex SYMBOL_LOC_REGISTER -@findex gdb.SYMBOL_LOC_REGISTER + +@vindex SYMBOL_LOC_REGISTER @item gdb.SYMBOL_LOC_REGISTER Value is in a register. -@findex SYMBOL_LOC_ARG -@findex gdb.SYMBOL_LOC_ARG + +@vindex SYMBOL_LOC_ARG @item gdb.SYMBOL_LOC_ARG Value is an argument. This value is at the offset stored within the symbol inside the frame's argument list. -@findex SYMBOL_LOC_REF_ARG -@findex gdb.SYMBOL_LOC_REF_ARG + +@vindex SYMBOL_LOC_REF_ARG @item gdb.SYMBOL_LOC_REF_ARG Value address is stored in the frame's argument list. Just like @code{LOC_ARG} except that the value's address is stored at the offset, not the value itself. -@findex SYMBOL_LOC_REGPARM_ADDR -@findex gdb.SYMBOL_LOC_REGPARM_ADDR + +@vindex SYMBOL_LOC_REGPARM_ADDR @item gdb.SYMBOL_LOC_REGPARM_ADDR Value is a specified register. Just like @code{LOC_REGISTER} except the register holds the address of the argument instead of the argument itself. -@findex SYMBOL_LOC_LOCAL -@findex gdb.SYMBOL_LOC_LOCAL + +@vindex SYMBOL_LOC_LOCAL @item gdb.SYMBOL_LOC_LOCAL Value is a local variable. -@findex SYMBOL_LOC_TYPEDEF -@findex gdb.SYMBOL_LOC_TYPEDEF + +@vindex SYMBOL_LOC_TYPEDEF @item gdb.SYMBOL_LOC_TYPEDEF Value not used. Symbols in the domain @code{SYMBOL_STRUCT_DOMAIN} all have this class. -@findex SYMBOL_LOC_BLOCK -@findex gdb.SYMBOL_LOC_BLOCK + +@vindex SYMBOL_LOC_BLOCK @item gdb.SYMBOL_LOC_BLOCK Value is a block. -@findex SYMBOL_LOC_CONST_BYTES -@findex gdb.SYMBOL_LOC_CONST_BYTES + +@vindex SYMBOL_LOC_CONST_BYTES @item gdb.SYMBOL_LOC_CONST_BYTES Value is a byte-sequence. -@findex SYMBOL_LOC_UNRESOLVED -@findex gdb.SYMBOL_LOC_UNRESOLVED + +@vindex SYMBOL_LOC_UNRESOLVED @item gdb.SYMBOL_LOC_UNRESOLVED Value is at a fixed address, but the address of the variable has to be determined from the minimal symbol table whenever the variable is referenced. -@findex SYMBOL_LOC_OPTIMIZED_OUT -@findex gdb.SYMBOL_LOC_OPTIMIZED_OUT + +@vindex SYMBOL_LOC_OPTIMIZED_OUT @item gdb.SYMBOL_LOC_OPTIMIZED_OUT The value does not actually exist in the program. -@findex SYMBOL_LOC_COMPUTED -@findex gdb.SYMBOL_LOC_COMPUTED + +@vindex SYMBOL_LOC_COMPUTED @item gdb.SYMBOL_LOC_COMPUTED The value's address is a computed location. -@end table +@end vtable @node Symbol Tables In Python @subsubsection Symbol table representation in Python. @@ -3892,22 +3864,19 @@ class MyBreakpoint (gdb.Breakpoint): The available watchpoint types represented by constants are defined in the @code{gdb} module: -@table @code -@findex WP_READ -@findex gdb.WP_READ +@vtable @code +@vindex WP_READ @item gdb.WP_READ Read only watchpoint. -@findex WP_WRITE -@findex gdb.WP_WRITE +@vindex WP_WRITE @item gdb.WP_WRITE Write only watchpoint. -@findex WP_ACCESS -@findex gdb.WP_ACCESS +@vindex WP_ACCESS @item gdb.WP_ACCESS Read/Write watchpoint. -@end table +@end vtable @defun Breakpoint.is_valid () Return @code{True} if this @code{Breakpoint} object is valid, @@ -3986,32 +3955,27 @@ writable. The available types are represented by constants defined in the @code{gdb} module: -@table @code -@findex BP_BREAKPOINT -@findex gdb.BP_BREAKPOINT +@vtable @code +@vindex BP_BREAKPOINT @item gdb.BP_BREAKPOINT Normal code breakpoint. -@findex BP_WATCHPOINT -@findex gdb.BP_WATCHPOINT +@vindex BP_WATCHPOINT @item gdb.BP_WATCHPOINT Watchpoint breakpoint. -@findex BP_HARDWARE_WATCHPOINT -@findex gdb.BP_HARDWARE_WATCHPOINT +@vindex BP_HARDWARE_WATCHPOINT @item gdb.BP_HARDWARE_WATCHPOINT Hardware assisted watchpoint. -@findex BP_READ_WATCHPOINT -@findex gdb.BP_READ_WATCHPOINT +@vindex BP_READ_WATCHPOINT @item gdb.BP_READ_WATCHPOINT Hardware assisted read watchpoint. -@findex BP_ACCESS_WATCHPOINT -@findex gdb.BP_ACCESS_WATCHPOINT +@vindex BP_ACCESS_WATCHPOINT @item gdb.BP_ACCESS_WATCHPOINT Hardware assisted access watchpoint. -@end table +@end vtable @defvar Breakpoint.hit_count This attribute holds the hit count for the breakpoint, an integer. |