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authorPedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>2016-01-13 10:56:06 +0000
committerPedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>2016-01-13 10:58:03 +0000
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Add Python InferiorThread.inferior attribute
So a script can easily get at a thread's inferior and its number. gdb/ChangeLog: 2016-01-13 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> * NEWS: Mention InferiorThread.inferior. * python/py-infthread.c (thpy_get_inferior): New. (thread_object_getset): Register "inferior". gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog: 2016-01-13 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> * gdb.python/py-infthread.exp: Test InferiorThread.inferior. gdb/doc/ChangeLog: 2016-01-13 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com> * python.texi (Threads In Python): Document InferiorThread.inferior.
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2016-01-13 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
+ * python.texi (Threads In Python): Document
+ InferiorThread.inferior.
+
+2016-01-13 Pedro Alves <palves@redhat.com>
+
* gdb.texinfo (Inferiors and Programs): Document the $_inferior
convenience variable.
(Convenience Vars): Likewise.
diff --git a/gdb/doc/python.texi b/gdb/doc/python.texi
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@@ -3006,6 +3006,11 @@ Either the LWPID or TID may be 0, which indicates that the operating system
does not use that identifier.
@end defvar
+@defvar InferiorThread.inferior
+The inferior this thread belongs to. This attribute is represented as
+a @code{gdb.Inferior} object. This attribute is not writable.
+@end defvar
+
A @code{gdb.InferiorThread} object has the following methods:
@defun InferiorThread.is_valid ()