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authorTom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>2010-08-10 20:25:30 +0000
committerTom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>2010-08-10 20:25:30 +0000
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* gdb.texinfo (Pretty Printing API): Document
gdb.default_visualizer.
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2010-08-10 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
+ * gdb.texinfo (Pretty Printing API): Document
+ gdb.default_visualizer.
+
+2010-08-10 Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
+
Revert gdb-add-index addition:
* gdb.texinfo (Index Files): Don't document gdb-add-index.
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If the result is not one of these types, an exception is raised.
@end defop
+@value{GDBN} provides a function which can be used to look up the
+default pretty-printer for a @code{gdb.Value}:
+
+@findex gdb.default_visualizer
+@defun default_visualizer value
+This function takes a @code{gdb.Value} object as an argument. If a
+pretty-printer for this value exists, then it is returned. If no such
+printer exists, then this returns @code{None}.
+@end defun
+
@node Selecting Pretty-Printers
@subsubsection Selecting Pretty-Printers