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| author | Phil Muldoon <pmuldoon@redhat.com> | 2009-07-10 10:35:17 +0000 |
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| committer | Phil Muldoon <pmuldoon@redhat.com> | 2009-07-10 10:35:17 +0000 |
| commit | fbb8f2990ccfa180274ab4a578818fe247823540 (patch) | |
| tree | 3cadb912a530bab6a1332d62cdc8deafa7375bde /gdb/doc | |
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2009-07-10 Phil Muldoon <pmuldoon@redhat.com>
* python/python-internal.h (apply_varobj_pretty_printer): Update
definition.
(python_string_to_target_python_string): Add definition.
* python/python-utils.c (unicode_to_encoded_python_string)
(unicode_to_target_python_string)
(python_string_to_target_python_string): New Functions.
* python/python-prettyprint.c (pretty_print_one_value): Likewise.
(print_string_repr): Refactor to logic to account for PyObject
returned strings.
(apply_varobj_pretty_printer): Likewise.
* python/python-value.c (valpy_string): Parse length keyword. Use
length keyword in LA_GET_STRING.
* varobj.c (value_get_print_value): Refactor logic to account for
PyObject returned strings.
* c-lang.c (c_get_string): If the length parameter is specified,
use that. Return value in characters. Update comments.
* language.h: Update c_get_string prototype comments.
2009-07-10 Phil Muldoon <pmuldoon@redhat.com>
* gdb.texinfo (Values From Inferior): Add length parameter
description.
2009-07-10 Phil Muldoon <pmuldoon@redhat.com>
* gdb.python/python-prettyprint.c: Add counted null string
structure.
* gdb.python/python-prettyprint.exp: Print null string. Test for
embedded nulls.
* gdb.python/python-prettyprint.py (pp_ns): New Function.
* gdb.python/python-value.exp (test_value_in_inferior): Add
variable length string fetch tests.
* gdb.python/python-value.c (main): Add strings for string fetch tests.
Diffstat (limited to 'gdb/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo | 9 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog index fd70a89..ff5bff6 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/ChangeLog +++ b/gdb/doc/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2009-07-10 Phil Muldoon <pmuldoon@redhat.com> + + * gdb.texinfo (Values From Inferior): Add length parameter + description. + 2009-07-04 Chris Genly <chris@genly.us> * gdb.texinfo (GDB/MI Variable Objects): Document child definition diff --git a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo index ab36fa6..0a59f98 100644 --- a/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo +++ b/gdb/doc/gdb.texinfo @@ -18894,7 +18894,7 @@ The result @code{bar} will be a @code{gdb.Value} object holding the value pointed to by @code{foo}. @end defmethod -@defmethod Value string @r{[}encoding@r{]} @r{[}errors@r{]} +@defmethod Value string @r{[}encoding@r{]} @r{[}errors@r{]} @r{[}length@r{]} 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. @@ -18905,7 +18905,9 @@ language. 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. +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. 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 @@ -18919,6 +18921,9 @@ will be used, if the current language is able to supply one. The optional @var{errors} argument is the same as the corresponding argument to Python's @code{string.decode} method. + +If the optional @var{length} argument is given, the string will be +fetched and converted to the given length. @end defmethod @end table |